Effect of heterogeneity on spiral wave dynamics in simulated cardiac tissue

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3363-3375

  Cassia Moura, R ^a   Xie, Fagen ^b   Cerdeira, Hilda A ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Research Department   (United States)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac membrane properties; Heterogeneity simulation; Nonlinear dynamics; Pattern formation modeling; Reentrant arrhythmia; Spiral wave

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CARDIAC MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; HETEROGENEITY SIMULATION; PATTERN FORMATION MODELING; REENTRANT ARRHYTHMIA; SPIRAL WAVES;

CARDIOLOGY;

EID: 10444244065     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127404011375     Document Type: Article

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