Genesis of ectopic waves: Role of coupling, automaticity, and heterogeneity

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2332-2349

  Pumir, Alain ^a   Arutunyan, Ara ^b   Krinsky, Valentin ^a   Sarvazyan, Narine ^c,d  

^a INSTITUT NON LINÉAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL AUTOMATICITY; CELL COUPLING; CELL FUNCTION; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; RAT; THEORY;

EID: 25844516658     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.061820     Document Type: Article

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