Mechanical interaction of heterogeneous cardiac muscle segments in silico: Effects on Ca2+ handling and action potential

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3757-3782

  Solovyova, O ^a   Vikulova, N ^a   Katsnelson, L B ^a   Markhasin, V S ^a   Noble, P J ^b   Garny, A ^b   Kohl, P ^b   Noble, D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GENETICS OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac mechanoelectric feedback; Contractile function optimization; Dispersion of repolarization; Integrative mathematical modeling; Myocardium heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; OPTIMIZATION; POLARIZATION; POSITIVE IONS; TISSUE;

CARDIAC MECHANOELECTRIC FEEDBACK; CONTRACTILE FUNCTION OPTIMIZATION; DISPERSION OF REPOLARIZATION; INTEGRATIVE MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MYOCARDIUM HETEROGENEITY;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 1642374487     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127403008983     Document Type: Article

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