An analytical study of the physiology and pathology of the propagation of cardiac action potentials

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-81

  Hinch, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical models; Biological modelling; Cardiac action potentials; Cardiac pathology; Hyperkalaemia; Membrane currents; Voltage gates

Indexed keywords

ION; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTATION; HEART; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; ION CURRENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE BLOCK; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CURRENT; VELOCITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 0036011168     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6107(02)00006-8     Document Type: Review

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