Electrophysiological heterogeneity and stability of reentry in simulated cardiac tissue

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 280, Issue 2 49-2, 2001, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion of refractoriness; Spiral wave breakup

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SIMULATION;

EID: 0035017747     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.280.2.h535     Document Type: Article

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