Transmural mapping of myocardial refractoriness and endocardial dispersion of repolarization in an ovine model of chronic myocardial infarction

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 851-861

  Pouliopoulos, Jim ^a   Thiagalingam, Aravinda ^a   Eipper, Vicki E ^b   Campbell, Craig ^a   Ross, David L ^a   Kovoor, Pramesh ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conduction; Dispersion; Effective refractory period; Fibrosis; Infarction; Repolarization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART PACING; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SCAR FORMATION; SINUS RHYTHM; THORACOTOMY; TRANSMURAL MAPPING;

ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SHEEP; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 67650657143     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02399.x     Document Type: Article

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