Vulnerability to re-entry in simulated two-dimensional cardiac tissue: Effects of electrical restitution and stimulation sequence

Chaos

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 37649006844     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2784387     Document Type: Article

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