Mechanisms for the maintenance of ventricular fibrillation: The nonuniform dispersion of refractoriness, restitution properties, or anatomic heterogeneities?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 888-897

  Qin, Hao ^a   Huang, Jian ^a   Rogers, Jack M ^b   Walcott, Gregory P ^a   Rollins, Dennis L ^a   Smith, William M ^a,b   Ideker, Raymond E ^a,b,c,d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b and Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential duration; Anatomic heterogeneity; Nonuniform dispersion of refractoriness; Restitution; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MALE; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SWINE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 27744524463     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.40650.x     Document Type: Article

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