Modulation of the sinus rate during ventricular fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-192

  Wasmund, Stephen L ^a,c   Pai, Rakesh K ^c   Freedman, Roger A ^c   Abedin, Moeen ^c   Daccarett, Marcos ^c   Segerson, Nathan M ^c   Zaitsev, Alexey V ^a,b   Hamdan, Mohamed H ^a,c  

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

^b University of Utah   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Baroreflex gain; Fibrillation; Nervous system; Sinus node; Ventricular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINOATRIAL NODE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 59149090771     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01314.x     Document Type: Article

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