The effect of ischemia on ventricular fibrillation as measured by fractal dimension and frequency measures

Resuscitation

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 499-505

  Sherman, Lawrence D ^a   Niemann, James T ^b   Rosborough, John P ^b   Menegazzi, James J ^c  

^a St Francis Hospital   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models of human disease; Arrhythmias; Basic science research; Cardiology; Clinical electrophysiology; CPR and emergency cardiac care; Diagnostic testing; Electrocardiology; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTALS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUS SCROFA; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 35748953719     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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