New mechanism of spiral wave initiation in a Reaction-Diffusion-Mechanics system

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Weise, Louis D ^a   Panfilov, Alexander V ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; SPIKE WAVE; ACTION POTENTIAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 81055126604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027264     Document Type: Article

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