Effects of fibroblast-myocyte coupling on cardiac conduction and vulnerability to reentry: A computational study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1641-1649

  Xie, Yuanfang ^a   Garfinkel, Alan ^a   Camelliti, Patrizia ^b   Kohl, Peter ^b   Weiss, James N ^a   Qu, Zhilin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conduction; Fibroblasts; Fibrosis; Reentry; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; GAP JUNCTION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; STIMULUS SECRETION COUPLING;

CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBROBLASTS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 70350484963     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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