Effect of resistive barrier location on the relationship between T-wave alternans and cellular repolarization alternans: A 1-D modeling study

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 566-571

  Doshi, Ashish N ^a   Idriss, Salim F ^a,b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Connexin; Gap junction

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T WAVE; T WAVE AMPLITUDE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 78049457636     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2010.07.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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