Multi-scale simulations of cardiac electrophysiology and mechanics using the University of Tokyo heart simulator

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 110, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 380-389

  Sugiura, Seiryo ^a   Washio, Takumi ^a   Hatano, Asuka ^a   Okada, Junichi ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Hisada, Toshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac metabolism; Computer simulation; Cooperativity; Electrophysiology; Fluid structure interaction; Heart model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MECHANICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SARCOMERE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SARCOMERES;

EID: 84868089279     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2012.07.001     Document Type: Review

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