Spiral waves are stable in discrete element models of two-dimensional homogeneous excitable media

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1153-1161

  Feldman, Andrew B ^a   Chernyak, Yuri B ^a   Cohen, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; NASA DISCIPLINE CARDIOPULMONARY; NON-NASA CENTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

NASA DISCIPLINE CARDIOPULMONARY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0032081623     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127498000917     Document Type: Article

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