Epicardial wavefronts arise from widely distributed transient sources during ventricular fibrillation in the isolated swine heart

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rogers, J M ^a   Walcott, G P ^b   Gladden, J D ^a,b   Melnick, S B ^b   Ldeker, R E ^b   Kay, M W ^a,c  

^a and Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c The George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; RHENIUM; ROTORS; ROTORS (WINDINGS); SURFACES;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; ACTIVATION PATHWAYS; OPTICAL MAPPING; OPTICAL MAPPING SYSTEM; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION (VF);

WAVEFRONTS;

EID: 45749119540     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/1/015004     Document Type: Article

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