Reprint of 'Model of unidirectional block formation leading to reentrant ventricular tachycardia in the infarct border zone of postinfarction canine hearts'

•Ventricular tachycardia is common after myocardial infarction.•Reentrant ventricular tachycardia is often located in the infarct border zone.•Conduction velocity of the leading edge of the propagating wavefront is not constant.•Functional block occurs at locations where the wavefront becomes critic...

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Main Authors: Ciaccio, Edward J., Coromilas, James, Ashikaga, Hiroshi, Cervantes, Daniel O., Wit, Andrew L., Peters, Nicholas S., McVeigh, Elliot R., Garan, Hasan
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4593299/