Arrhythmogenic mechanisms of the Purkinje system during electric shocks: A modeling study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1782-1789

  Deo, Makarand ^a   Boyle, Patrick ^a   Plank, Gernot ^b   Vigmond, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiac modeling; Purkinje system; Reentry mechanisms; Shock induced arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE; MUSCLE CELL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFIBRILLATORS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PURKINJE FIBERS; RABBITS; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 70549105917     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.08.023     Document Type: Article

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