Reentry in heterogeneous cardiac tissue described by the Luo-Rudy ventricular action potential model

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 2 53-2, 2003, Pages

  Ten Tusscher, K H W J ^a   Panfilov, A V ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ionic model; Reentrant arrhythmias; Spiral wave; Tissue heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE; LUO RUDY MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

EID: 0037306333     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00608.2002     Document Type: Article

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