Electrophysiological mechanisms of ventricular arrhythmias resulting from myocardial ischemia and infarction

MJ Janse, AL Wit - Physiological reviews, 1989 - journals.physiology.org
MJ Janse, AL Wit
Physiological reviews, 1989journals.physiology.org
Sudden cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death in the Western industrialized world. In the
United States alone,-1,200 individuals succumb to it daily (71,341,361). In the majority of
cases sudden death is caused by ventricular arrhythmias and in particular ventricular
fibrillation (3,'71, 193, 327, 400, 450). The underlying disease that almost always causes
these arrhyth-
Sudden cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death in the Western industrialized world. In the United States alone,-1,200 individuals succumb to it daily (71,341,361). In the majority of cases sudden death is caused by ventricular arrhythmias and in particular ventricular fibrillation (3,'71, 193, 327, 400, 450). The underlying disease that almost always causes these arrhyth-
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