Effect of heterogeneities in the cellular microstructure on propagation of the cardiac action potential

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 813-825

  Toure, Amadou ^a   Cabo, Candido ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Cardiovascular system; Cell geometry; Gap junction; Modeling; Propagation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIALS; CARDIAC ACTION POTENTIAL; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC PATHOLOGIES; CELL COUPLING; CELL GEOMETRIES; CELLULAR MECHANISMS; CELLULAR MICROSTRUCTURE; GAP JUNCTIONS; SIMULATION; SUB-CELLULAR; TISSUE ARCHITECTURE; TISSUE MICROSTRUCTURES;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; DISEASES; GEOMETRY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODELS; TISSUE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CELLS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEART BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84864342780     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-012-0934-4     Document Type: Article

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