Contribution of the Purkinje network to wave propagation in the canine ventricle: Insights from a combined electrophysiological-anatomical model

Nonlinear Dynamics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-379

  Cherry, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Fenton, Flavio H ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternans; Cardiac arrhythmias; Purkinje muscle interactions

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALTERNANS; ANATOMICAL MODELS; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA; COMBINED MODEL; COMPETING EFFECTS; CONDUCTION SYSTEMS; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS; LONG-RANGE CONNECTION; MICROELECTRODE RECORDING; NETWORK-BASED; NEW MODEL; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; STRUCTURAL MODELS; VENTRICULAR TACHYARRHYTHMIAS;

DISEASES; MICROELECTRODES; MODEL STRUCTURES; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 84862986728     PISSN: 0924090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11071-011-0221-1     Document Type: Article

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