Modeling defibrillation of the heart: Approaches and insights

IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 89-102

  Trayanova, Natalia ^a,b   Constantino, Jason ^a,b   Ashihara, Takashi ^c   Plank, Gernot ^d  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bidomain; computer modeling of the heart; defibrillation threshold; postshock activation; shock

Indexed keywords

BIDOMAIN; CARDIAC DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICES; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; COMPUTER MODELING; DEFIBRILLATION THRESHOLD; IMPLANTABLE DEVICES; MODELING AND SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODELING APPROACH; SHOCK; VENTRICULAR GEOMETRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

HEART;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARDIOVERSION; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84855919921     PISSN: 19373333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/RBME.2011.2173761     Document Type: Article

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