Bistability and correlation with arrhythmogenesis in a model of the right atrium

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 577-589

  Oliver, Robert A ^a   Henriquez, Craig S ^a   Krassowska, Wanda ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial arrhythmias; Atrial model; Cardiac dynamics; Numerical simulations

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL DURATION (APD); ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIAS; ATRIAL MODELS; CARDIAC DYNAMICS;

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; TISSUE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CARDIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART PACING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS NODE; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SHEEP; SINOATRIAL NODE; STATISTICS;

EID: 21244447445     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-005-1473-z     Document Type: Article

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