Transmural and apicobasal gradients in repolarization contribute to T-wave genesis in human surface ECG

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Okada, Jun ichi ^a   Washio, Takumi ^a   Maehara, Akiko ^b   Momomura, Shin ichi ^c   Sugiura, Seiryo ^a   Hisada, Toshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body surface map; M cells; Computer simulation; Electrocardiogram; T wave

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE; ION CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T WAVE; TRUNK;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENDOCARDIUM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 79959867969     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01241.2010     Document Type: Article

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