A tissue-specific model of reentry in the right atrial appendage

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 675-684

  Zhao, Jichao ^a   Trew, Mark L ^a   Legrice, Ian J ^a,b   Smaill, Bruce H ^a,b   Pullan, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Computer model; Crista terminalis (CT); Reentry; Right atrial appendage (RAA)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SWINE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SWINE; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 66549112295     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01420.x     Document Type: Article

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