Analysis of damped oscillations during reentry: A new approach to evaluate cardiac restitution

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1094-1109

  Munteanu, Adelina ^a   Kondratyev, Aleksandar A ^a   Kucera, Jan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; MICROELECTRODE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PARAMETER; RAT; SINUS NODE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

EID: 38549164651     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.113811     Document Type: Article

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