Electrophysiological and structural remodeling in heart failure modulate arrhythmogenesis. 2D simulation study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Gomez, Juan F ^a   Cardona, Karen ^a   Martinez, Laura ^a   Saiz, Javier ^a   Trenor, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL PARAMETERS; FIBROBLAST; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERCELLULAR UNCOUPLING; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; MUSCLE CELL; STRUCTURAL REMODELING; VULNERABLE WINDOW; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIBROSIS; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FIBROSIS; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 84904679486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103273     Document Type: Article

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