Non-invasive evaluation of ventricular refractoriness and its dispersion during ventricular fibrillation in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Lou, Jijian ^a   Pripp, Carl Magnus ^a   Hertervig, Eva ^a   Kongstad, Ole ^a   Ljungström, Erik ^a   Olsson, S Bertil ^a   Yuan, Shiwen ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SINUS RHYTHM; TELEMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TELEMETRY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 3042541841     PISSN: 14712261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-4-8     Document Type: Article

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