An investigation of the importance of myocardial anisotropy in finite-element modeling of the heart: Methodology and application to the estimation of defibrillation efficacy

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1377-1389

  Wang, Y ^a   Haynor, D R ^a   Kim, Y ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Defibrillation; Defibrillation threshold; Elastic mapping; Finite element; Myocardial anisotropy; Myocardial fiber; Myocardium; Voltage gradient

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TISSUE;

MYOCARDIAL ANISOTROPY;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; DOGS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035192521     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.966597     Document Type: Article

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