Effect of bundle branch block on cardiac output: A whole heart simulation study

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 97, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 520-542

  Vigmond, Edward J ^a   Clements, Clyde ^b   McQueen, David M ^c   Peskin, Charles S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bundle branch block; Immersed boundary method; Navier Stokes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC OUTPUT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION;

EID: 46549089367     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2008.02.022     Document Type: Review

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