Turbulent electrical activity at sharp-edged inexcitable obstacles in a model for human cardiac tissue

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 7, 2014, Pages H1024-H1035

  Majumder, Rupamanjari ^a,b   Pandit, Rahul ^a,c   Panfilov, A V ^d,e  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmias; Computer modeling; Pacing; Reentry; Spiral waves

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FAST INWARD CURRENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART RATE; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION CURRENT; ION TRANSPORT; SCAR; SLOW INWARD CURRENT; SODIUM CURRENT; ACTION POTENTIAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; METABOLISM; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84907646391     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00593.2013     Document Type: Article

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