Low-energy control of electrical turbulence in the heart

Nature

Volumn 475, Issue 7355, 2011, Pages 235-239

  Luther, Stefan ^a,b,c,d   Fenton, Flavio H ^a,b   Kornreich, Bruce G ^b   Squires, Amgad ^a,e   Bittihn, Philip ^a,c   Hornung, Daniel ^a,c   Zabel, Markus ^d   Flanders, James ^b   Gladuli, Andrea ^b   Campoy, Luis ^b   Cherry, Elizabeth M ^a,b,f   Luther, Gisa ^a,c   Hasenfuss, Gerd ^d   Krinsky, Valentin I ^a,g   Pumir, Alain ^h   Gilmour, Robert F ^c   Bodenschatz, Eberhard ^a,c,d,e,i  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^f ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g INSTITUT NON LINÉAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

ⁱ Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL POWER; NONLINEARITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DOG; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEART; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY VESSELS; DOGS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79960429417     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10216     Document Type: Article

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