Susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias in aged hearts

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 410-414

  Rossi, Stefano ^a   Baruffi, Silvana ^a   Bertuzzi, Andrea ^a   Mastorci, Francesca ^a   Sgoifo, Andrea ^a   Musso, Ezio ^a   Corradi, Domenico ^a   Maestri, Roberta ^a   Brisinda, Donatella ^b   Fenici, Riccardo ^b   Macchi, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; ELECTRODES; SUBSTRATES;

VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS; VENTRICULAR ECTOPIC BEATS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 84903871920     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352311     Document Type: Conference Paper

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