Analysis of electrically induced reentrant circuits in a sheet of myocardium

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 768-780

  Larson, Claire ^a   Dragnev, Lubomir ^a   Trayanova, Natalia ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidomain; Electrical induction of arrhythmia; Phase resetting; Phase singularity; Reentry

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

PHASE RESETTING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVALUATION; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART PACING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 0042266420     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1581289     Document Type: Article

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