Characterization and incidence of inducible monomorphic ventricular tachycardia in a postinfarction rabbit model

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-93

  McLachlan, Craig S ^a,b   McGuire, Mark A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Electrophysiologic study; Myocardial infarction; Rabbit; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RABBIT; TIME;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RABBITS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33845614549     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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