Mechanistic insights into very slow conduction in branching cardiac tissue: A model study

Circulation Research

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 799-806

  Kucera, Jan P ^a   Rudy, Yoram ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; Discontinuous conduction; Mathematical model; Slow conduction; Source to load mismatch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW MUSCLE;

EID: 0035955759     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hh2101.098442     Document Type: Article

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