Computer based modeling of the congenital long-QT 2 syndrome in the Visible Man torso: From genes to ECG

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1410-1413

  Keller, David U J ^a   Seemann, Gunnar ^a   Weiss, Daniel L ^a   Farina, Dimitry ^a   Zehelein, Jörg ^b   Dössel, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH RISKS; PATHOLOGY;

CARDIAC DEATH; COMPUTER BASED MODELING; PATHOLOGICAL EXCITATION PROPAGATION; VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUM;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISIBLE HUMAN PROJECT;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VISIBLE HUMAN PROJECTS;

EID: 57649187223     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352563     Document Type: Conference Paper

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