Role of spiral wave pinning in inhomogeneous active media in the termination of atrial fibrillation by electrical cardioversion

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-372

  Kuklik, Pawel ^a,b   Wong, Christopher X ^a   Brooks, Anthony G ^a   Jacek Zebrowski, Jan ^b   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia mechanisms; Atrial fibrillation; Electrical cardioversion; Excitable media; Spiral wave pinning

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MEDIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EXCITABLE MEDIA; INHOMOGENEITIES; INHOMOGENEOUS ACTIVE MEDIA; INHOMOGENEOUS SYSTEM; SPIRAL WAVES; TREATMENT MODALITY;

WAVES;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SPIRAL WAVE PINNING;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HUMANS;

EID: 77549084551     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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