Blockade of the Inward Rectifying Potassium Current Terminates Ventricular Fibrillation in the Guinea Pig Heart
- 6 June 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
- Vol. 14 (6), 621-631
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.03006.x
Abstract
Introduction: Stable high‐frequency rotors sustain ventricular fibrillation (VF) in the guinea pig heart. We surmised that rotor stabilization in the left ventricle (LV) and fibrillator...Keywords
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