Lessons learned about slow discontinuous conduction from models of impulse propagation

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2005, Pages 52-54

  Rudy, Yoram ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gap junctions; Microscopic discontinuities; Repolarization; Tissue architecture

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DENSITY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPOLARIZATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELL COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 26444585946     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2005.06.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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