Scroll wave dynamics in a three-dimensional cardiac tissue model: Roles of restitution, thickness, and fiber rotation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2761-2775

  Qu, Zhilin ^a,b   Kil, Jong ^a   Xie, Fagen ^a   Garfinkel, Alan ^a   Weiss, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; ION CURRENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

EID: 0034083444     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76821-4     Document Type: Article

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