Regional differences in APD restitution can initiate wavebreak and re-entry in cardiac tissue: A computational study

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Clayton, Richard H ^a   Taggart, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL DURATION (APD); ARRHYTHMIAS; CARDIAC TISSUE; HEART;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASES; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

CARDIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REPOLARIZATION; SIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 26844524195     PISSN: 1475925X     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-4-54     Document Type: Article

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