Filament Behavior in a Computational Model of Ventricular Fibrillation in the Canine Heart

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-34

  Clayton, Richard H ^a   Holden, Arun V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmia; Computational model; Fibrillation; Re entry

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CARDIOLOGY; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY;

VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOGS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLE FIBERS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PERICARDIUM; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0347185343     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2003.820356     Document Type: Article

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