Mechanical discoordination increases continuously after the onset of left bundle branch block despite constant electrical dyssynchrony in a computational model of cardiac electromechanics and growth

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2012, Pages

  Kerckhoffs, Roy C P ^a   Omens, Jeffrey H ^b   McCulloch, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac electromechanics; Computational model; Growth and remodelling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOGS; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84868527132     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus274     Document Type: Article

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