Spatially discordant voltage alternans cause wavebreaks in ventricular fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1057-1068

  Choi, Bum Rak ^a   Jang, Woncheol ^b   Salama, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Optical mapping; Ventricular fibrillation; Wavebreaks

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FRACTIONATION; GUINEA PIG; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; GUINEA PIGS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 34547415140     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.03.037     Document Type: Article

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