Computational cardiology: How computer simulations could be used to develop new therapies and advance existing ones

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2012, Pages

  Trayanova, Natalia A ^a   O'Hara, Thomas ^a   Bayer, Jason D ^a   Boyle, Patrick M ^a   McDowell, Kathleen S ^a   Constantino, Jason ^a   Arevalo, Hermenegild J ^a   Hu, Yuxuan ^a   Vadakkumpadan, Fijoy ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1 [2 (6 METHYL 2 PYRIDYL)ETHYL] 4 (4 METHYLSULFONYLAMINOBENZOYL)PIPERIDINE; CALCIUM; LIDOCAINE; MEXILETINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84868562201     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus277     Document Type: Review

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