Concepts of ventricular defibrillation

被引:40
作者
Trayanova, N [1 ]
机构
[1] Tulane Univ, Dept Biomed Engn, New Orleans, LA 70118 USA
来源
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES | 2001年 / 359卷 / 1783期
关键词
re-entry induction; defibrillation; virtual electrode polarization; transmembrane potential; break excitation;
D O I
10.1098/rsta.2001.0834
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Despite its critical role in restoring cardiac rhythm and thus, in saving human life, cardiac defibrillation remains poorly understood. For a defibrillation shock to be successful, the shock must extinguish existing activation fronts throughout the myocardium without initiating new re-entrant activations. The goal of this paper is to examine the current theories for defibrillation and re-entry induction, the new breakthroughs in the field, and the emerging new hypotheses.
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页码:1327 / 1337
页数:11
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