Existence and uniqueness of the solution for the bidomain model used in cardiac electrophysiology

Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 458-482

  Bourgault, Yves ^a   Coudière, Yves ^b   Pierre, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bidomain model; Cardiac electrophysiology; Reaction diffusion equation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POLYNOMIALS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BIDOMAIN MODELS; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS; GLOBAL SOLUTIONS; POLYNOMIAL NONLINEARITIES; REACTION DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; SEMIGROUP APPROACHES; VARIATIONAL PROBLEMS;

LINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 50349100460     PISSN: 14681218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nonrwa.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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