One-way blocks in cardiac tissue: A mechanism for propagation failure in Purkinje fibres

DOI10.1007/BF02461489zbMath0735.92011OpenAlexW4255489875WikidataQ52423299 ScholiaQ52423299MaRDI QIDQ1180221

Mark A. Lewis, Peter Grindrod

Publication date: 27 June 1992

Published in: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02461489

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic approximationeikonal equationspatial heterogeneitiescardiac arrhythmiasdepolarization wave-frontdepressed tissuemyocardial infarctnon-uniform depressionone-way blockplanar travelling wave speedPurkinje fibre bundlespatial dependency

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Medical applications (general) (92C50) Biophysics (92C05) Computational methods for problems pertaining to biology (92-08)

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• Spiral waves in a model of myocardium
• Three-dimensional waves in excitable reaction-diffusion systems
• A simple model of delay, block and one way conduction in Purkinje fibers
• A Geometrical Theory for Spiral Waves in Excitable Media
• A geometrical approach to wave-type solutions of excitable reaction-diffusion systems