The Vulnerable Window for Unidirectional Block in Cardiac Tissue: Characterization and Dependence on Membrane Excitability and Intercellular Coupling

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 115-131

  SHAW, ROBIN M ^a   RUDY, YORAM ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

intercellular junctions; membrane excitability; numerical simulations; reentrant arrhythmia; unidirectional block

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; HEART BLOCK; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

ARRHYTHMIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART; HUMAN; SODIUM CHANNELS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028950466     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1995.tb00763.x     Document Type: Article

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