The role of the basic arrhythmia research. The continued need for experiments in the intact heart and organism. Study group on experimental research of the working group on arrhythmias of the european society of cardiology

This article is the results of a Task Force of the Working group on cardiac arrhythmias of the European society of cardiology (ESC). The consensus document focuses on the fondamentals of experimental models to study cardiac arrhythmogensis and suggest a scheme for a systematic approach allowing comparisosn of results between different labs.