The effect of the fiber curvature gradient on break excitation in cardiac tissue

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 496-501

  Beaudoin, Deborah Langrill ^a   Roth, Bradley J ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidomain; Break excitation; Fiber curvature; Reentry; Upper limit of vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; HEART; HEART EXCITATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART STIMULATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCLE FIBERS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 33646497618     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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