Heterogeneous gap junction remodeling stabilizes reentrant circuits in the epicardial border zone of the healing canine infarct: A computational study

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Cabo, Candido ^a,b   Boyden, Penelope A ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulations; Infarct remodeling; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOG; DYNAMICS; EPICARDIUM; GAP JUNCTION; HEALING; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOGS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PERICARDIUM; SODIUM CHANNELS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 33845394421     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00346.2006     Document Type: Article

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