Increased interstitial loading reduces the effect of microstructural variations in cardiac tissue

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Hubbard, Marjorie Letitia ^a   Henriquez, Craig S ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential propagation; Bidomain model; Cell size; Gap junction coupling; Monodomain model; Structural heterogeneities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; GAP JUNCTION; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CURRENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 77949729973     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00689.2009     Document Type: Article

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