Structure-function relationship in the sinus and atrioventricular nodes

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 890-899

  Nikolaidou, T ^a,b   Aslanidi, O V ^b,c   Zhang, H ^b   Efimov, I R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; Cardiac conduction system; Computer simulation; Sinoatrial node

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC IMAGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; SINUS NODE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 84863988146     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-012-0249-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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