Methodology for patient-specific modeling of atrial fibrosis as a substrate for atrial fibrillation

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 640-645

  McDowell, Kathleen S ^a   Vadakkumpadan, Fijoy ^a   Blake, Robert ^a   Blauer, Joshua ^b   Plank, Gernot ^c   MacLeod, Rob S ^b   Trayanova, Natalia A ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial fibrosis; Computational model; Patient specific modeling

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; GAP JUNCTION; GEOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MYOFIBROBLAST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84867847067     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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