A mathematical model for the vulnerable phase in myocardium

DOI10.1016/0025-5564(88)90055-7zbMath0651.92003OpenAlexW1984126558MaRDI QIDQ1106757

James P. Keener

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Mathematical Biosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-5564(88)90055-7

zbMATH Keywords

myocardiumrotating wavesanisotropic coupling of identical cellsdirection of fastest propagationmodel of excitable mediavulnerable phasecardiac arrhythmiasdirection of highest safety factorpropagation of action potentialsreentrant self-sustained wave of excitation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physiological, cellular and medical topics (92Cxx)

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Cites Work

• Dispersion of traveling waves in the Belousov-Zhabotinskij reaction
• Numerical solution of a nonlinear advance-delay-differential equation from nerve conduction theory
• On the formation of circulating patterns of excitation in anisotropic excitable media
• Propagation and Its Failure in Coupled Systems of Discrete Excitable Cells

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