Defibrillation success with high frequency electric fields is related to degree and location of conduction block

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 740-748

  Weinberg, Seth H ^a   Chang, Kelly C ^b   Zhu, Renjun ^b   Tandri, Harikrishna ^c   Berger, Ronald D ^b,c   Trayanova, Natalia A ^b   Tung, Leslie ^b  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational simulation; Conduction block; Defibrillation; Optical mapping; Power spectrum

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; GUINEA PIG; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HIGH FREQUENCY ALTERNATING CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GUINEA PIGS; HEART; RABBITS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 84876591605     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.01.016     Document Type: Article

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