Mechanisms of Defibrillation

Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 277-288

  Dosdall, Derek J ^a   Huang, Jian ^b   Ideker, Raymond E ^c  

^a and Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleavage planes and anatomical heterogeneity; Dispersion of refractoriness and shock timing; Mechanisms of defibrillation; Naturally occurring heterogeneity in cardiac tissue; Postshock activation cycle; Ventricular fibrillation and defibrillation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889773684     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444300307.ch22     Document Type: Chapter

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