Heart Rhythm
Volume 4, Issue 8 , Pages 1057-1068, August 2007

Spatially discordant voltage alternans cause wavebreaks in ventricular fibrillation

  • Bum-Rak Choi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Dr. Choi’s current addresses is Cardiovascular Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital & Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02903.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Bum-Rak Choi, Cardiovascular Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital & Brown Medical School, One Hoppin Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903.
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  • Woncheol Jang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Guy Salama, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationDr. Guy Salama, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261.

Received 11 August 2006; accepted 28 March 2007. published online 14 June 2007.

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 This work was supported by a Beginning Grant-in-Aid from the Western Pennsylvania Affiliate of the American Heart Association to Dr. Choi and by National Institutes of Health Grants HL057929, HL70722, and HL69097 to Dr. Salama.

PII: S1547-5271(07)00370-0

doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.03.037

Heart Rhythm
Volume 4, Issue 8 , Pages 1057-1068, August 2007