A model study of intramural dispersion of action potential duration in the canine pulmonary conus

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 567-576

  Cates, Adam W ^a,b,d   Pollard, Andrew E ^b,c  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c and Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell to cell coupling; Midmyocardial cells; Myocardial anisotropy; Numerical simulations; Regional heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CYTOLOGY; DOG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 0032110416     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.100     Document Type: Article

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