Open AccessMechanisms of Mechanically Induced Spontaneous Arrhythmias in Acute Regional Ischemia
Author(s) -
Jie Xiao,
Viatcheslav Gurev,
Natalia A. Trayanova
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
circulation research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.899
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1524-4571
pISSN - 0009-7330
DOI - 10.1161/circresaha.109.210864
Subject(s) - ischemia , reentry , afterdepolarization , endocardium , cardiology , medicine , electrophysiology , anesthesia , repolarization
Although ventricular premature beats (VPBs) during acute regional ischemia have been linked to mechanical stretch of ischemic tissue, whether and how ischemia-induced mechanical dysfunction can induce VPBs and facilitate their degradation into reentrant arrhythmias has not been yet addressed.
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