Soliton-Like Regimes and Excitation Pulse Reflection (Echo) in Homogeneous Cardiac Purkinje Fibers: Results of Numerical Simulations

Journal of Biological Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 149-164

  Aslanidi, O V ^a   Mornev, O A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Excitable media; Heart; Limit cycle bifurcation; Nonlinear waves; Reflection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001762919     PISSN: 00920606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005119218136     Document Type: Article

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