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Reduced Macroscopic Models: The Monodomain and Eikonal Models

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In the Bidomain model (3.42), the transmembrane potential v during the excitation phase of the heartbeat exhibits a steep propagating layer spreading throughout the myocardium with a thickness of about 0.5 mm. At every point of the cardiac domain, this upstroke phase lasts about 1 ms.

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Franzone, P.C., Pavarino, L.F., Scacchi, S. (2014). Reduced Macroscopic Models: The Monodomain and Eikonal Models. In: Mathematical Cardiac Electrophysiology. MS&A, vol 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04801-7_4

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