Chronic myocardial infarction is a substrate for bradycardia-induced spontaneous tachyarrhythmias and sudden death in conscious animals

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-197

  Killingsworth, Cheryl R ^a,c   Walcott, Gregory P ^a   Gamblin, Tracy L ^a   Girouard, Steven D ^c   Smith, William M ^a   Ideker, Raymond E ^a,b,d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac fibrillation defibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SHEEP; SUDDEN DEATH; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; BRADYCARDIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SHEEP; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TELEMETRY;

EID: 33644766304     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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