Nonequilibrium Arrhythmic States and Transitions in a Mathematical Model for Diffuse Fibrosis in Human Cardiac Tissue

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Majumder, Rupamanjari ^a   Nayak, Alok Ranjan ^a   Pandit, Rahul ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE FIBROSIS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; PLANE WAVE DYNAMICS; SCROLL WAVE DYNAMICS; SIMULATION; SPIRAL WAVE DYNAMICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 84867324822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045040     Document Type: Article

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