Is heart size a factor in ventricular fibrillation? Or how close are rabbit and human hearts?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 862-864

  Panfilov, Alexander V ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART WEIGHT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33745512965     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.12.022     Document Type: Note

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