A condition for setting off ectopic waves in computational models of excitable cells

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-150

  Tveito, Aslak ^a   Lines, Glenn T ^a  

^a SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Automaticity; Ectopic waves; Partial differential equations; Stability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

ARRHYTHMIA; ECTOPIC WAVES;

CELLS;

CELL ORGANELLE; DIFFUSION; KINETICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; EXCITABILITY; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; STEADY STATE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 44649155132     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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