Lessons learned from multi-scale modeling of the failing heart

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-159

  Gomez, Juan F ^a   Cardona, Karen ^a   Trenor, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Computer modeling; Fibrosis; Heart failure; Heart failure phenotype; Ion channels; Multi scale modeling; Remodeling; Uncoupling

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CELL LEVEL; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INTERCELLULAR UNCOUPLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REVIEW; SODIUM CURRENT; TRANSVERSE TUBULAR SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPLICATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 84952643275     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: 10958584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.10.016     Document Type: Review

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