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A Computer Model of the Electrocardiogram Based on Cellular Action Potentials in a Bidomain Model of the Myocardium

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Pediatric and Fundamental Electrocardiography

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 56))

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This chapter is devoted to simulation or modeling of the electrocardiogram. It will include a general discussion of models, and will focus on a particular model of the human electrocardiogram (ECG) that relates skin potentials to cellular transmembrane potentials in the heart.

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  1. David B. Geselowitz
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  1. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, 2101 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA

    Jerome Liebman M.D. (Professor of Pediatrics) (Professor of Pediatrics)

  2. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 27706, USA

    Robert Plonsey Ph.D. (Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Physiology) (Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Physiology)

  3. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA

    Yoram Rudy Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering) (Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering)

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Geselowitz, D.B. (1987). A Computer Model of the Electrocardiogram Based on Cellular Action Potentials in a Bidomain Model of the Myocardium. In: Liebman, J., Plonsey, R., Rudy, Y. (eds) Pediatric and Fundamental Electrocardiography. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 56. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2323-5_1

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