Interactions between adjacent fibers in a cardiac muscle bundle

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 662-674

  Wang, Sining ^a   Leon, L Joshu ^a   Roberge, Fernand A ^a,b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action potential; Fiber interactions; Interstitial potential; Load current; Proximity effects

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL MEMBRANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CONCENTRIC LAYERS; EXCITABLE MEMBRANE; INTERSTITIAL POTENTIAL; LARGE VOLUME CONDUCTOR; PROXIMITY EFFECTS;

MUSCLE;

ARTICLE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0030296640     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02684179     Document Type: Article

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