Fiber orientation and cell-cell coupling influence ventricular fibrillation dynamics

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 851-860

  Choi, Bum Rak ^a   Liu, Tong ^a   Lavasani, Mitra ^a   Salama, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross correlation; Fiber orientation; Mutual information; Optical mapping; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL CELL COUPLING; CELL INTERACTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS CORRELATION; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MUTUAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL MAPPING; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL POLARITY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HEPTANOL; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RABBITS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STATISTICS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0043011487     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.02522.x     Document Type: Article

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