New insights into defibrillation of the heart from realistic simulation studies

Europace

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 705-713

  Trayanova, Natalia A ^a,b   Rantner, Lukas J ^a,b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Electric countershock; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; BIOENERGY; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFIBRILLATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EPICARDIUM; GEOMETRY; HEART CYCLE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; WAVEFORM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84900336199     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eut330     Document Type: Review

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