Onset and termination of reentrant excitation in homogeneous human virtual atrial tissue

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3631-3643

  Zhang, H ^a   Garrat, C J ^b   Holden, A V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Bidomain; Defibrillation; Modeling

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIDOMAIN MODELS; DEFIBRILLATION; MODELING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 1642345188     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127403008867     Document Type: Article

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