Spatial heterogeneity in refractoriness as a proarrhythmic substrate: Theoretical evaluation by numerical simulation

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-129

  Namba, Tsunetoyo ^a   Ashihara, Takashi ^b   Nakazawa, Kazuo ^c   Ohe, Tohru ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Numerical simulation; Spiral wave; Torsades de pointes; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; TORSADE DES POINTES;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0034014141     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.64.121     Document Type: Article

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