Ectopic Ventricular Depolarizations
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In 12 anesthetized open-chest dogs, ventricular epicardial activation maps were constructed and electrograms were recorded from the bundle of His, left bundle branch, and subendocardial Purkinje fibers 24 hours following Harris 2-stage ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery. All animals developed ectopic ventricular depolarizations and/or ventricular tachycardia. The earliest area of epicardial activation was located along the border of the infarct in the left ventricle in all animals. Bipolar recording from various levels of the conduction system and ventricular myocardium revealed that the
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