Moderate hypothermia (33 °c) decreases the susceptibility to pacing-induced ventricular fibrillation compared with severe hypothermia (30 °c) by attenuating spatially discordant alternans in isolated rabbit hearts

Acta Cardiologica Sinica

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 455-465

  Hsieh, Yu Cheng ^a,b,c   Lin, Shien Fong ^d,e   Huang, Jin Long ^a,b   Hung, Chen Ying ^a,b   Lin, Jiunn Cherng ^a,b   Liao, Ying Chieh ^a,b   Lo, Chu Pin ^c   Wang, Kuo Yang ^a,b   Wu, Tsu Juey ^a,b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cardiac alternans; Conduction velocity; Hypothermia; Optical mapping

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL DURATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SPATIALLY DISCORDANT ALTERNANS; WARMING;

EID: 84907271602     PISSN: 10116842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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