Mechanically induced ventricular fibrillation (commotio cordis)

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 529-532

  Link, Mark S ^a   Estes III, N A Mark ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Sudden death; young athletes

Indexed keywords

GLIBENCLAMIDE; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEART CYCLE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART PACING; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE;

ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACIC WALL; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34247213825     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.12.020     Document Type: Article

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