Mechano-electric effect and a heart assist device in the synergistic model of cardiac function

The breakdown of cardiac self-organization leads to heart diseases and failure, the number one cause of death worldwide. Within the traditional time-varying elastance model, cardiac self-organization and breakdown cannot be addressed due to its inability to incorporate the dynamics of various feedba...

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Main Authors: Eun-jin Kim, Massimo Capoccia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2020-08-01
Series:Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
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Online Access:https://aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mbe.2020282?viewType=HTML