Mechanisms of recurrent ventricular fibrillation in a rabbit model of pacing-induced heart failure

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 784-792

  Ogawa, Masahiro ^a,b   Morita, Norishige ^a,c   Tang, Liang ^a,b   Karagueuzian, Hrayr S ^a,c   Weiss, James N ^c   Lin, Shien Fong ^a,b   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential duration; Electrophysiology; Heart failure; Intracellular calcium; Spontaneous ventricular fibrillation; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART FAILURE; RABBITS; RECURRENCE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 65649128165     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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