Small size ionic heterogeneities in the human heart can attract rotors

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 10, 2014, Pages H1456-H1468

  Defauw, Arne ^a   Vandersickel, Nele ^a   Dawyndt, Peter ^a   Panfilov, Alexander V ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Attractors; Cardiac arrhythmias; Computer modeling; Heterogeneity; Reentry; Rotors

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; COMPUTER MODEL; EFFECT SIZE; HEART; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; ACTION POTENTIAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; KINETICS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 84922392576     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00410.2014     Document Type: Article

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