Instability of spiral and scroll waves in the presence of a gradient in the fibroblast density: the effects of fibroblast–myocyte coupling

Fibroblast–myocyte coupling can modulate electrical-wave dynamics in cardiac tissue. In diseased hearts, the distribution of fibroblasts is heterogeneous, so there can be gradients in the fibroblast density (henceforth we call this GFD) especially from highly injured regions, like infarcted or ische...

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Main Authors: Soling Zimik, Rahul Pandit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/12/123014