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    Nonlinear Dyn. 2008 Jan;51(1-2):189-198.

    Asymptotic approximation of an ionic model for cardiac restitution.

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    Department of Mathematics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.

    Abstract

    Cardiac restitution has been described both in terms of ionic models-systems of ODE's-and in terms of mapping models. While the former provide a more fundamental description, the latter are more flexible in trying to fit experimental data. Recently we proposed a two-dimensional mapping that accurately reproduces restitution behavior of a paced cardiac patch, including rate dependence and accommodation. By contrast, with previous models only a qualitative, not a quantitative, fit had been possible. In this paper, a theoretical foundation for the new mapping is established by deriving it as an asymptotic limit of an idealized ionic model.

    PMID:
    19122809
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    PMCID:
    PMC2605722
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