Moderate hypothermia increases the chance of spiral wave collision in favor of self-termination of ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Harada, Masahide ^a   Honjo, Haruo ^a   Yamazaki, Masatoshi ^a   Nakagawa, Harumichi ^a   Ishiguro, Yuko S ^a   Okuno, Yusuke ^a   Ashihara, Takashi ^b   Sakuma, Ichiro ^c   Kamiya, Kaichiro ^a   Kodama, Itsuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical mapping; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; OPTICS; PERFUSION; RABBITS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; THERMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 41749094727     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00986.2007     Document Type: Article

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