Title :
A model study of electrical activity in the AV node
Author :
Wang, Sining ; Leon, L Joshua
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Genie Biomed., Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
The authors developed a one-dimensional model of the atrioventricular node and used it to study the importance of resistive intercellular coupling. The authors´ preliminary results suggest that unlike model strands of myocardial or atrial cells, large changes in the intercellular coupling resistance, make only modest changes in the conduction velocity in the atrioventricular node
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; cardiology; cellular biophysics; physiological models; atrial cells; atrioventricular node electrical activity; cardiac electrophysiology; conduction velocity; model strands; myocardial cells; one-dimensional model; resistive intercellular coupling; Biomedical engineering; Biomembranes; Capacitance; Conductivity; Electric resistance; Immune system; Mathematical model; Myocardium; Pacemakers; Piecewise linear techniques; Solids;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1994. Engineering Advances: New Opportunities for Biomedical Engineers. Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2050-6
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1994.412100
