A finite element model of passive mechanics and electrical propagation in the rabbit ventricles

Computers in Cardiology

Volumn 0, Issue 0, 1998, Pages 705-708

  Vetter, F J ^a   Rogers, J M ^b   McCulloch, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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EID: 0004696318     PISSN: 02766574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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