Table of ContentsTHE PHYSICS OF THE HEART Outline The cardiac membrane is a planar accelerator that uses gradients of 107 volts per meter to accelerate heavy ions to energies of 70 meV. The Spatial and Temporal Scales of Cardiac Electrodynamics The Classical Forward and Inverse Problems The Ultimate Inverse Problem The Ultimate Forward Problem Current Research Cardiac Reentry Functional Reentry Winfree’s Critical Point Hypothesis Bidomain Anisotropies and the Critical Point Hypothesis Initiation of Spiral Wave Reentry Spiral Wave and Figure-of-Eight Reentry Initiation of Quatrefoil Reentry Quatrefoil Reentry Predicted by the Bidomain Model Experimental Setup Optical Imaging of Quatrefoil Reentry The Challenge |
Author: John P. Wikswo
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