Selective myocardial isolation and ventricular fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 359-370

  Chorro, Francisco J ^a,b   Blasco, Estrella ^a   Trapero, Isabel ^a   Cánoves, Joaquín ^a   Ferrero, Ángel ^a   Mainar, Luis ^a   Such Miquel, Luis ^b   Sanchis, Juan ^a,b   Bodí, Vicente ^a,b   Cerdá, José M ^b   Alberola, Antonio ^b   Such, Luis ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ablation; Animal studies; Electrophysiology basic; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PACING; HEART PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; RABBITS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 33947228960     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00676.x     Document Type: Article

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