Eight (or more) kinds of alternans

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6 SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Garfinkel, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternans; Dynamics; Fibrillation; Reentry; Restitution

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART EXCITATION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CALCIUM SIGNALING; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION;

EID: 35748935225     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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