Dynamical effects of myocardial ischemia in anisotropic cardiac models in three dimensions

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1965-2008

  Franzone, Piero Colli ^a   Pavarino, Luca F ^b   Scacchi, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action potential duration; Anisotropic cardiac models; Extracellular potential; Parallel numerical simulations; Reaction diffusion equations; ST elevation; Subendocardial ischemia; TQ depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249089885     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202507002534     Document Type: Article

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