Cardiac microstructure: Implications for electrical propagation and defibrillation in the heart

Circulation Research

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 331-338

  Hooks, Darren A ^a,b   Tomlinson, Karl A ^a   Marsden, Scott G ^a   LeGrice, Ian J ^a   Smaill, Bruce H ^a   Pullan, Andrew J ^a   Hunter, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Bidomain model; Defibrillation; Discontinuous conduction; Finite elements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DEFIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; RATS;

EID: 0037163062     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000031957.70034.89     Document Type: Article

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