Microvolt T-wave alternans and beat-to-beat variability of repolarization during early postischemic remodeling in a pig heart

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1050-1057

  Floré, Vincent ^a   Claus, Piet ^a   Antoons, Gudrun ^a   Oosterhoff, Peter ^b   Holemans, Patricia ^a   Vos, Marc A ^b   Sipido, Karin R ^a   Willems, Rik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beat to beat variability of repolarization; Ischemic cardiomyopathy; Noninvasive risk stratification; Sudden cardiac death; T wave alternans

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PROARRHYTHMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SWINE; T WAVE;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SWINE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 79959938435     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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