Calcium transients modulate action potential repolarizations in ventricular fibrillation

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

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2264-2267

  Choi, Bum Rak ^a,b   Liu, Tong ^a,c   Salama, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CORRELATION METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING;

ACTION POTENTIAL DURATION (APD); CALCIUM TRANSIENTS; INVERSE CORRELATION; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION (VF);

DISEASES;

CALCIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GUINEA PIG; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GUINEA PIGS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 34047178595     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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