A simulation of T-wave alternans vectocardiographic representation performed by changing the ventricular heart cells action potential duration

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 102-108

  Janusek, D ^a   Kania, M ^a   Zaczek, R ^b   Zavala Fernandez, H ^a   Maniewski, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Action potential duration; ECG simulation; T wave alternans; Vectocardiography

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ACTION POTENTIAL DURATIONS; ECG SIMULATIONS; ELECTRICAL INSTABILITY; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; T-WAVE ALTERNANS; VECTOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS; VENTRICULAR REPOLARIZATION; HEART CELLS;

CELLS;

ARTICLE; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART BEAT; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; SIMULATION; T WAVE; T WAVE ALTERNANS; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY; ACTION POTENTIAL DURATION; BODY SURFACE; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; T WAVE ALTERNAN;

ACTION POTENTIAL DURATION; ECG SIMULATION; T-WAVE ALTERNANS; VECTOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; HUMANS; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 84895456389     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2014.01.015     Document Type: Article

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