Vulnerability to reentry in a regionally ischemic tissue: A simulation study

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1756-1770

  Trénor, Beatriz ^a   Romero, Lucía ^a   Ferrero Jr , José María ^a   Sáiz, Javier ^a   Moltó, Germán ^a   Alonso, José Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Hyperkalemia; Hypoxia; Ionic mechanisms; Ischemia; Reentrant arrhythmias; Vulnerable window

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PROBABILITY;

ACIDOSIS; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOXIA; IONIC MECHANISMS; ISCHEMIA; REENTRANT ARRHYTHMIAS; VULNERABLE WINDOWS;

TISSUE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 34548837456     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-007-9353-3     Document Type: Article

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