Effects of transmural electrical heterogeneities and electrotonic interactions on the dispersion of cardiac repolarization and action potential duration: A simulation study

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 132-165

  Colli Franzone, P ^a   Pavarino, L F ^b   Taccardi, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential duration; Cardiac Monodomain models; Electrical heterogeneity; Excitation and repolarization processes; Myocardial anisotropy; Parallel numerical simulations; Reaction diffusion equations

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MYOELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED PROSTHETICS;

ACTION POTENTIAL DURATION; CARDIAC MONODOMAIN MODELS; ELECTRICAL HETEROGENEITY; EXCITATION AND REPOLARIZATION PROCESSES; MYOCARDIAL ANISOTROPY; PARALLEL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; REACTION-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS;

CARDIOLOGY;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; HETEROGENEITY; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 33750452702     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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