In Silico Investigation into Cellular Mechanisms of Cardiac Alternans in Myocardial Ischemia

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Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

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Figure 7: In Silico Investigation into Cellular Mechanisms of Cardiac Alternans in Myocardial Ischemia 