Electromechanical coupling in cardiac dynamics: The active strain approach*

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 605-621

  Ambrosi, D ^a   Arioli, G ^a   Nobile, F ^a   Quarteroni, A ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac mechanics; Elasticity; Electromechanical coupling; FitzHugh Nagumo equations

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC DYNAMICS; CARDIAC MECHANICS; ELECTRIC SIGNAL; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL; ENERGY ESTIMATES; FITZHUGH-NAGUMO EQUATIONS; MATERIAL COORDINATES; MECHANICAL STRAIN; NUMERICAL EVIDENCE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; TRAVELING PULSE; TWO-DIMENSION;

ELASTICITY; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; STRESSES;

ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING;

EID: 79957450530     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/100788379     Document Type: Article

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