Relating spatial heterogeneities to rotor formation in studying human ventricular fibrillation

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 231-234

  Jeyaratnam, J ^a   Umapathy, K ^a   Masse, S ^b   Nair, K ^b   Farid, T ^b   Krishnan, S ^a   Nanthakumar, K ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dominant Frequency; Phase Maps; Rotors; Scar Maps; Ventricular Fibrillation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY MAPS; BOUNDARY ZONES; CARDIAC DEATH; DOMINANT FREQUENCY; ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTRICAL MAPPING; FREQUENCY BOUNDARIES; HIGH FREQUENCY; HUMAN HEART; LOW-HIGH; MEAN VARIANCE; MOTHER ROTORS; PERIODIC SOURCE; PHASE MAPS; PHASE PROGRESSIONS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL LOCATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; WAVELET THEORY;

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; ROTORS;

TISSUE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84861948962     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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