Nonlinear dynamics in cardiology

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages 179-203

  Krogh Madsen, Trine ^a   Christini, David J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternans; Bifurcation; Calcium; Ionic model; Pacemaking

Indexed keywords

ALTERNANS; CALCIUM DYNAMICS; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC DISEASE; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELLULAR LEVELS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; GRADUAL CHANGES; INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; IONIC MODELS; NON-LINEAR PHENOMENA; PACEMAKING; REPOLARIZATION ALTERNANS; SUDDEN CHANGE;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CALCIUM; DISEASES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; PACEMAKERS;

DYNAMICS;

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL LEVEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OSCILLATOR; PACEMAKER; REVIEW; SINOATRIAL CONDUCTION; SODIUM CURRENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CALCIUM; CARDIOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OSCILLOMETRY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84864248131     PISSN: 15239829     EISSN: 15454274     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-071811-150106     Document Type: Review

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