Effects of electrical and structural remodeling on atrial fibrillation maintenance: A simulation study

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Krogh Madsen, Trine ^a   Abbott, Geoffrey W ^a,b   Christini, David J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REENTRY;

ACTION POTENTIAL DURATIONS; ACTION-POTENTIALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTRICAL REMODELING; HEALTHY CONTROLS; SIMULATION STUDIES; STRUCTURAL MODELING; STRUCTURAL REMODELING; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

DISEASES;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTILITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PREDICTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ION CHANNEL;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE CELLS;

EID: 84861143547     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002390     Document Type: Article

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