Monodomain simulations of excitation and recovery in cardiac blocks with intramural heterogeneity

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volumn 3504, Issue , 2005, Pages 267-277

  Franzone, Piero Colli ^a   Pavarino, Luca F ^b   Taccardi, Bruno ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ORTHOTICS;

ENDOCARDIAL PACING; INTRAMURAL MEMBRANE; MONODOMAIN SIMULATION; MYOCARDIAL BLOCKS;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 24944547382     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/11494621_27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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