Coupled electromechanical model of the heart: Parallel finite element formulation

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-86

  Lafortune, Pierre ^a   Arís, Ruth ^a   Vázquez, Mariano ^a   Houzeaux, Guillaume ^a  

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiac mechanics; Electrophysiology; Finite element methods; Parallelization

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC DEFORMATION; CARDIAC MECHANICS; CARDIAC TISSUES; COUPLED MODELS; ELECTROMECHANICAL MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATIONS; MECHANICAL PARTS; NUMERICAL SCHEME; PARALLEL-COUPLED; PARALLELIZATIONS; RABBIT MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COUPLED CIRCUITS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; NUMERICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ANATOMIC MODEL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART; HEART DISEASE; MECHANICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART; HEART DISEASES; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RABBITS;

EID: 84856385221     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1494     Document Type: Article

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