Influence of the Electric Axis of Stimulation on the Induced Transmembrane Potentials in Ellipsoidal Bidomain Heart

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 244-252

  Entcheva, Emilia ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Cardiac; Computer simulation; Defibrillation; Fiber curvature; Fiber rotation; Finite element method

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; IMPEDANCE; METHODOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; PERICARDIUM; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034151511     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.264     Document Type: Article

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