High-resolution electrical mapping of depolarization and repolarization alternans in an ischemic dog model

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Gordon, David ^a   Kadish, Alan H ^a   Koolish, Daniel ^b   Taneja, Taresh ^a   Ulphani, Joseph ^a   Goldberger, Jeffrey J ^a   Ng, Jason ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hartley Data Service Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Myocardial ischemia; QRS alternans; ST T wave alternans; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; ST SEGMENT; T WAVE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL MAPPING; HEART RATE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 74949103185     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00914.2009     Document Type: Article

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