A note on a method for determining advantageous properties of an anti-arrhythmic drug based on a mathematical model of cardiac cells

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-173

  Tveito, Aslak ^a   Lines, Glenn T ^a  

^a SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anti arrhythmic drugs; Fibrillation; Ischemia; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIC DRUGS; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS; CARDIAC CELLS; FIBRILLATION; ISCHEMIA; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SIDE EFFECTS; SIMULATION; STABLE SOLUTIONS;

DRUG INTERACTIONS; NUMBER THEORY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 58649121715     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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