Ventricular fibrillation in myopathic human hearts: Mechanistic insights from in vivo global endocardial and epicardial mapping

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Massé, Stéphane ^a   Downar, Eugene ^a   Chauhan, Vijay ^a   Sevaptsidis, Elias ^a   Nanthakumar, Kumaraswamy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ENDOCARDIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KINETICS; PERICARDIUM; RESEARCH DESIGN; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 34447520219     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01336.2006     Document Type: Article

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