Modification of ventricular fibrillation activation patterns induced by local stretching

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1087-1096

  Chorro, Francisco J ^a   Trapero, Isabel ^b   Guerrero, Juan ^b   Such, Luis M ^b   Canoves, Joaquín ^a   Mainar, Luis ^a   Ferrero, Angel ^a   Blasco, Estrella ^a   Sanchis, Juan ^a   Millet, José ^c   Tormos, Álvaro ^c   Bodí, Vicente ^a   Alberola, Antonio ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiac electrophysiology; Mapping; Mechanoelectric feedback; Stretch; Time frequency analysis; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; ISOLATED HEART; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TIME; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 33644797297     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.40810.x     Document Type: Article

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