Subthreshold parameters of cardiac tissue in a bi-layer computer model of heart failure

Cardiovascular Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 190-200

  Zlochiver, Sharon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Current threshold; Fibrosis; Heart failure; Liminal area; Numerical study

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CONNEXIN 43; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE PROTEIN; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CHANNEL GATING; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FIBROBLAST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CELL; POTASSIUM CURRENT; SODIUM CURRENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 79952704709     PISSN: 15678822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10558-010-9104-1     Document Type: Article

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