Modeling ventricular repolarization: Effects of transmural and apex-to-base heterogeneities in action potential durations

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 214, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 140-152

  Colli Franzone, P ^a   Pavarino, L F ^b   Scacchi, S ^a   Taccardi, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential duration; Cardiac Monodomain and Bidomain models; Myocardial heterogeneity; Parallel numerical simulations; Reaction diffusion equations; Repolarization sequence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FIBER OPTICS; MODULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ACTION POTENTIAL DURATION (APD); CARTESIAN; CIRCUM FERENTIAL DIRECTION; COMBINED EFFECTS; FIBER ROTATION; IONIC CURRENTS; LEFT VENTRICLE (LV); MYOCYTES; ORTHOTROPIC ANISOTROPY; REGIONAL VARIATIONS; REPOLARIZATION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) SIMULATIONS; VENTRICULAR REPOLARIZATION (VR); VENTRICULAR WALLS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; EPICARDIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 47549089848     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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