Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 8 , Pages 964-970 , October 2009

Regional frequency variation during human ventricular fibrillation

  • K. Umapathy

      Affiliations

    • The Hull Family Cardiac Fibrillation Management Laboratory, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • S. Masse

      Affiliations

    • The Hull Family Cardiac Fibrillation Management Laboratory, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • E. Sevaptsidis

      Affiliations

    • The Hull Family Cardiac Fibrillation Management Laboratory, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • J. Asta

      Affiliations

    • The Hull Family Cardiac Fibrillation Management Laboratory, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • H. Ross

      Affiliations

    • The Hull Family Cardiac Fibrillation Management Laboratory, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • N. Thavandiran

      Affiliations

    • The Hull Family Cardiac Fibrillation Management Laboratory, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • K. Nair

      Affiliations

    • The Hull Family Cardiac Fibrillation Management Laboratory, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • T. Farid

      Affiliations

    • The Hull Family Cardiac Fibrillation Management Laboratory, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • R. Cusimano

      Affiliations

    • The Hull Family Cardiac Fibrillation Management Laboratory, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • J. Rogers

      Affiliations

    • The Hull Family Cardiac Fibrillation Management Laboratory, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • S. Krishnan

      Affiliations

    • Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada. Tel.: +1 416 979 5334; fax: +1 416 979 5280.
    • The senior authorship is shared between these authors.
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  • K. Nanthakumar

      Affiliations

    • The Hull Family Cardiac Fibrillation Management Laboratory, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • The senior authorship is shared between these authors.

Received 18 November 2008 ,Revised 12 May 2009 ,Accepted 13 May 2009.

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PII: S1350-4533(09)00118-0

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.05.009

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 8 , Pages 964-970 , October 2009

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