A quantitative comparison of the behavior of human ventricular cardiac electrophysiology models in tissue

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Elshrif, Mohamed M ^a   Cherry, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a Rochester Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; G PROTEIN COUPLED INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANATOMIC MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; GRANDI PASQUALINI BERS MODEL; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; O HARA VIRAG VARRO RUDY MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SARCOLEMMA; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; GLUCANS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TACHYCARDIA; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 84897045048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084401     Document Type: Article

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