Organization of ventricular fibrillation in the human heart: experiments and models.

Sudden cardiac death is a major health problem in the industrialized world. The lethal event is typically ventricular fibrillation (VF), during which the co-ordinated regular contraction of the heart is overthrown by a state of mechanical and electrical anarchy. Understanding the excitation patterns...

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Main Authors: ten Tusscher, K, Mourad, A, Nash, M, Clayton, R, Bradley, C, Paterson, D, Hren, R, Hayward, M, Panfilov, A, Taggart, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009