Entrainment by an extracellular AC stimulus in a computational model of cardiac tissue

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1176-1184

  Meunier, Jason M ^a   Trayanova, Natalia A ^a   Gray, Richard A ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b and Radiation Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

AC stimulation; Action potential duration; Computer simulation; Defibrillation; Entrainment; Virtual electrode polarization

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART STIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034775226     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2001.01176.x     Document Type: Article

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