Electrophysiological and structural remodeling in heart failure modulate arrhythmogenesis. 1D simulation study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Gomez, Juan F ^a   Cardona, Karen ^a   Romero, Lucia ^a   Ferrero, Jose M ^a   Trenor, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING ORGAN SYSTEMS; CELL LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL REMODELING; FIBROBLAST; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STIMULATION; STRUCTURAL REMODELING; ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIBROSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BIOMARKERS; CALCIUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FIBROSIS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84906997683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106602     Document Type: Article

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