Homogeneity of cardiac contraction despite physiological asynchrony of depolarization: A model study

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 536-547

  Kerckhoffs, R C P ^a   Bovendeerd, P H M ^a   Kotte, J C S ^a   Prinzen, F W ^a   Smits, K ^a   Arts, T ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eikonal diffusion equation; Electromechanics; Hill

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE;

CARDIAC CONTRACTION; DEPOLARIZATION; EIKONAL-DIFFUSION EQUATION; ELECTROMECHANICAL DELAY TIMES; PHYSIOLOGICAL ASYNCHRONY;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE FIBRIL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOFIBRILS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0038543209     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1566447     Document Type: Article

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