A computational approach to understanding the cardiac electromechanical activation sequence in the normal and failing heart, with translation to the clinical practice of CRT

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 110, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 372-379

  Constantino, Jason ^a   Hu, Yuxuan ^a   Trayanova, Natalia A ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Dyssynchronous heart failure; Electromechanics; Whole heart modeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MECHANICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 84868112221     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2012.07.009     Document Type: Review

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