Attraction and repulsion of spiral waves by inhomogeneity of conduction anisotropy - A model of spiral wave interaction with electrical remodeling of heart tissue

Journal of Biological Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-80

  Kuklik, Pawel ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a   Szumowski, Lukasz ^b   Żebrowski, Jan J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Heart arrhythmias; Inhomogeneous excitable media; Reentry wave; Spiral wave; Spiral wave attraction; Spiral wave pinning

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL STIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

EID: 84871920775     PISSN: 00920606     EISSN: 15730689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10867-012-9286-4     Document Type: Article

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