Quatrefoil reentry caused by burst pacing

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1362-1368

  Janks, Deborah L ^a   Roth, Bradley J ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidomain model; Burst pacing; Cardiac; Reentry; Weak stimuli

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HEART STIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ARRHYTHMIA; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 33751324090     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2006.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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