The mathematical modelling of inhomogeneities in ventricular tissue

Understanding Complex Systems

Volumn 2009, Issue , 2009, Pages 51-67

  Shajahan, T K ^a   Sinha, Sitabhra ^b   Pandit, Rahul ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmias; Excitable media; Spatiotemporal chaos; Spiral turbulence; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349113939     PISSN: 18600832     EISSN: 18600840     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9143-8_4     Document Type: Article

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