Vulnerability to atrial fibrillation under stretch can be explained by stretch-activated channels

Computers in Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2007, Pages 237-240

  Kuijpers, N H L ^a   Rijken, R J ^a   Ten Eikelder, H M M ^a   Hilbers, P A J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL FIBRILLATIONS; CARDIAC ELECTROMECHANICS; COMPUTER MODELS; CONDUCTION BLOCKS; CONTRACTILE FORCES; ELASTIC ELEMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INTRACELLULAR CALCIUMS; INTRACELLULAR CONCENTRATIONS; IONIC MEMBRANES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; REFRACTORY PERIODS; SARCOMERE LENGTHS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TRIANGULAR MESHES;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CARDIOLOGY; SODIUM;

CELL MEMBRANES;

EID: 54849423515     PISSN: 02766574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CIC.2007.4745465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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