Table of ContentsTissue Anisotropy and Re-entry in the Heart Acknowledgements Outline Two Simple Questions Simple Unanswered Questions Simple Unanswered Questions, con't Models of Cardiac Activity How do you Relate the Kinetics of..... The Problems of Scale: Numerical Models How do you describe the propagation of electrical activity through the entire heart? The Uniform Double-Layer Model What are the effects of electrical anisotropy of cardiac tissue? Cardiac Anisotropy Cardiac Fibers as One-Dimensional Cables Bidomain Models Phenomena unique to the cardiac bidomain with unequal intracellular and extracellular anisotropies Phenomena unique to the cardiac bidomain with unequal intracellular and extracellular anisotropies, con't Prediction What factors affect the initiation of propagated cardiac activation? Definition Prediction Prediction Long-Standing Puzzle Prediction What cellular factors govern spiral wave re-entry? Prediction The Problems of Defibrillation Possible Answers Prediction The Challenges |
Author: John P. Wikswo, Jr.
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