title: Model of the sino-atrial and atrio-ventricular nodes of the conduction system of the human heart.
abstract: The coupled sino-atrial and atrio-ventricular nodes of the heart are discussed using a dedicated non-linear oscillator model. Several modes by which the oscillations cease in the system are obtained (asystole models). The oscillations of the model are compared with heart rate variability in heart block patients.
authors.affiliation: Physics of Complex Systems, Faculty of Physics WUT, Warszawa, Poland.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grudziński
authors.forename: Jan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Zebrowski
authors.forename: Rafal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baranowski
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D001283:Atrioventricular Node / Q000502:physiology*; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000379:methods; D012849:Sinoatrial Node / Q000502:physiology*