Wavelength and vulnerability to atrial fibrillation: Insights from a computer model of human atria

Europace

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages

  Jacquemet, Vincent ^a   Virag, Nathalie ^b   Kappenberger, Lukas ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Medtronic Europe ^*  (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Computer modelling; Multiple wavelets; Wavelength

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART RHYTHM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 24344438268     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2005.03.017     Document Type: Article

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