Dispersion of repolarization in canine ventricle and the electrocardiographic T wave: Tp-e interval does not reflect transmural dispersion

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 341-348

  Opthof, Tobias ^a,b   Coronel, Ruben ^a   Wilms Schopman, Francien J G ^a   Plotnikov, Alexei N ^c   Shlapakova, Iryna N ^c   Danilo Jr , Peter ^c   Rosen, Michael R ^c   Janse, Michiel J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac memory; Dispersion; ECG; QT interval; Repolarization time; Tp e interval

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T WAVE; TIME; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PERICARDIUM; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33847311918     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.11.022     Document Type: Article

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