Modulation of spiral-wave dynamics and spontaneous activity in a fibroblast/myocyte heterocellular tissue - A computational study

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1398-1407

  Greisas, Ariel ^a,b   Zlochiver, Sharon ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac fibroblasts; computer model; spiral waves; spontaneous activity; stability

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL DURATIONS; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC FIBROBLASTS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; COMPUTER MODELS; CONDUCTION VELOCITY; CURRENT SOURCES; DUAL ROLE; ELECTRICAL PARAMETER; ELECTRICAL WAVES; FIBROBLAST CELLS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMAN HEART; IMPACT WAVES; INTRACELLULAR POTENTIALS; LIFE SPAN; MYOCYTES; ON DYNAMICS; SPIRAL WAVES; SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY; STRUCTURAL REMODELING; TIP VELOCITY; WAVE FREQUENCIES;

CELL CULTURE; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; TISSUE; WAVES;

FIBROBLASTS;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURVIVAL; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUSCLE CELL; SPIRAL WAVE; VELOCITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FIBROBLASTS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 84860386102     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2012.2188291     Document Type: Article

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