Mechanisms of unpinning and termination of ventricular tachycardia

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Ripplinger, Crystal M ^a   Krinsky, Valentin I ^a   Nikolski, Vladimir P ^a   Efimov, Igor R ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Campus Box 1097 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Antitachycardia pacing; Defibrillation; Optical mapping; Reentry

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; RABBITS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745726650     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01300.2005     Document Type: Article

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