Adaptive multiscale model for simulating cardiac conduction

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 14603-14608

  Hand, Paul E ^a   Griffith, Boyce E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac electrophysiology; Electric field mechanism; Gap junction; Mathematical model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GAP JUNCTION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTISCALE MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VELOCITY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL JUNCTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 77957041424     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1008443107     Document Type: Article

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