Mechanisms of enhanced shock-induced arrhythmogenesis in the rabbit heart with healed myocardial infarction

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 289, Issue 3 58-3, 2005, Pages

  Li, Li ^a   Nikolski, Vladimir ^a   Wallick, Don W ^b   Efimov, Igor R ^a   Cheng, Yuanna ^b  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac vulnerability; Infarction border zone; Optical imaging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC VULNERABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EPICARDIUM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; INFARCTION BORDER ZONE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RABBITS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 23944487163     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01253.2004     Document Type: Article

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