Temporal variability of defibrillation threshold in a two-dimensional supercomputer model of 'ventricular fibrillation'

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn 2, Issue , 1992, Pages 626-627

  Fishier, Matthew G ^a   Thakor, Nitish V ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUPERCOMPUTERS; TISSUE; WAVEFRONTS;

CELLULAR MECHANISMS; DEFIBRILLATION THRESHOLDS; MASSIVELY PARALLEL PROCESSORS; QUASIPERIODIC OSCILLATIONS; ROTATIONAL FREQUENCY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84944305427     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5761142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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