The pinwheel experiment revisited: Effects of cellular electrophysiological properties on vulnerability to cardiac reentry

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Yang, Ming Jim ^a   Tran, Diana X ^a   Weiss, James N ^a   Garfinkel, Alan ^a   Qu, Zhilin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Cardiac simulation; Vulnerable window

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 34548424563     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00014.2007     Document Type: Article

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