Cardiac electrical restitution properties and stability of reentrant spiral waves: A simulation study

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 1 45-1, 1999, Pages

  Qu, Zhilin ^a   Weiss, James N ^a   Garfinkel, Alan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic drugs; Chemical defibrillation; Fibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ARTICLE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SIMULATION; SPIKE WAVE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0032897904     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.276.1.h269     Document Type: Article

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