A bilayermodel of human atria:mathematical background, construction, and assessment

Europace

Volumn 16, Issue , 2014, Pages iv21-iv29

  Labarthe, Simon ^a,b,c   Bayer, Jason ^b,c,d   Coudière, Yves ^a,b,c   Henry, Jacques ^a,b,c   Cochet, Hubert ^c,d   Jaïs, Pierre ^c,d   Vigmond, Edward ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INRIA   (France)

^c Bordeaux Segalen University   (France)

^d HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; ION CURRENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SURFACE PROPERTY; ACTION POTENTIAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; ATRIAL REMODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84923083889     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu256     Document Type: Article

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