A finite element formulation for atrial tissue monolayer

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-139

  Wieser, Leonhard ^a   Richter, H E ^a   Plank, G ^b   Pfeifer, B ^a   Tilg, B ^a   Nowak, C N ^a   Fischer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atria; Computer model; Finite element method; Monolayer

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 41149176450     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME0414     Document Type: Article

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