Evolution of ventricular tachycardia and its electrophysiological substrate Early after myocardial infarction an ovine model

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1010-1017

  Hsieh, Calvin H C ^a   Chia, Ee May ^a   Huang, Kaimin ^a   Lu, Juntang ^a   Barry, Michael ^a   Pouliopoulos, Jim ^a   Ross, David L ^a   Thomas, Stuart P ^a   Kovoor, Pramesh ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Cardiac; Myocardial infarction; Tachycardia; Ventricular

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROANATOMIC MAPPING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVINE MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAMMED VENTRICULAR STIMULATION; SURVIVOR; TIME; VELOCITY; ANIMAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DOMESTIC SHEEP; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FUNCTION TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; COMPLICATION; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84891545865     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000348     Document Type: Article

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