Short-term memory and restitution during ventricular fibrillation in human hearts: An in vivo study

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 562-570

  Nanthakumar, Kumaraswamy ^a   Toal, Satish C ^a   Farid, Talha A ^a   Raja, Selvaraj ^a   Chauhan, Vijay S ^a   Masse, Stephane ^a   Ivanov, Joan ^a   Harris, Louise ^a   Downar, Eugene ^a   Franz, Michael R ^b  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Fibrillation; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 74549162802     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.108.833442     Document Type: Article

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