Contents

• Preface
• I Introduction
• II Theories about Ventricular Fibrillation
• III Experimental and Signal-analytical Methods
• IV Single Channel Analysis
• V A Local, Oscillating Model as the Basic Unit for Ventricular Fibrillation
• VI Conclusion about Local Fibrillation
• VII Multi Channel Analysis
• VIII Weakly Coupled Relaxation Oscillators as a Higher Level Mode of Ventricular Fibrillation
• IX Conclusion about Large-Scale Fibrillation
• X Frequency Analysis of the ECG during VF without Artificial Coronary Perfusion
• XI Miscellaneous Experiments
• XII Mathematical Conclusion: the Fractal
• XIII Summary
• XIV Appendices
• Index
• Literature