Action potential duration gradient protects the right atrium from fibrillating

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3978-3981

  Ridler, Marc ^a   McQueen, David M ^b   Peskin, Charles S ^b   Vigmond, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT COMPUTER MODELS; IONIC DISPERSION; IONIC PROPERTIES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DOG; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DOGS; HEART ATRIA; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 34047145037     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260522     Document Type: Conference Paper

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