Spread of excitation in 3-D models of the anisotropic cardiac tissue. II. Effects of fiber architecture and ventricular geometry

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-171

  Colli Franzone, Piero ^a,c   Guerri, Luciano ^b   Pennacchio, Micol ^c   Taccardi, Bruno ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Univ E Piedmont Alessandria   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Analisi Numerica   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; GEOMETRY; HEART; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART EXCITATION; HEART VENTRICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032518948     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(97)00093-X     Document Type: Article

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