Terminating ventricular tachyarrhythmias using far-field low-voltage stimuli: Mechanisms and delivery protocols

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1209-1217

  Rantner, Lukas J ^a,b   Tice, Brock M ^a,b   Trayanova, Natalia A ^a,b  

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

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Electric countershock; Electric stimulation; Tachycardia, Ventricular; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRODE; ENERGY; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SIMULATION;

AF; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLE LENGTH; DEFIBRILLATION THRESHOLD; DFT; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR POTENTIAL; RIGHT VENTRICLE/VENTRICULAR; RV; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TRANSMEMBRANE POTENTIAL; V(M); VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VEP; VF; VIRTUAL ELECTRODE POLARIZATION; VT; Φ(E);

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HEART VENTRICLES; RABBITS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84881235927     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.04.027     Document Type: Article

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