Evidence for multiple mechanisms in human ventricular fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 536-542

  Nash, Martyn P ^a   Mourad, Ayman ^a   Clayton, Richard H ^b   Sutton, Peter M ^d   Bradley, Chris P ^c   Hayward, Martin ^d   Paterson, David J ^c   Taggart, Peter ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Electrophysiology; Fibrillation; Mapping; Reentry

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVEFORM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PERICARDIUM; PERIODICITY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 33746890533     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.602870     Document Type: Article

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