A physical approach to remove anatomical reentries: A bidomain study

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 230, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 489-497

  Takagi, S ^a   Pumir, A ^a   Pazo D ^a   Efimov, I ^b   Nikolski, V ^b   Krinsky, V ^a  

^a INSTITUT NON LINÉAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidomain; Cardiac arrhythmias; Defibrillation energy; Reentry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART PACING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WAVEFORM;

EID: 4444223659     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.01.016     Document Type: Article

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