Mechanisms of fibrillation: neurogenic or myogenic? Reentrant or focal? Multiple or single? Still puzzling after 160 years of inquiry
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Mechanisms of fibrillation: neurogenic or myogenic? Reentrant or focal? Multiple or single? Still puzzling after 160 years of inquiry
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Periods of highly synchronous, non-reentrant endocardial activation cycles occur during long-duration ventricular fibrillation.J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2010 Nov;21(11):1266-73. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01803.x. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2010. PMID: 20487123 Free PMC article.
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