Personalizing Simulations of the Human Atria : Intracardiac Measurements, Tissue Conductivities, and Cellular Electrophysiology
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Weber, Frank Michael
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EnglishAbstract
This work addresses major challenges of heart model personalization. Analysis techniques for clinical intracardiac electrograms determine wave direction and conduction velocity from single beats. Electrophysiological measurements are simulated to validate the models. Uncertainties in tissue conductivities impact on simulated ECGs. A minimal model of cardiac myocytes is adapted to the atria. This makes personalized cardiac models a promising technique to improve treatment of atrial arrhythmias.
Keywords
Atrial fibrillation; Intracardiac electrograms; Model personalization; Cardiac modelling; ElectroyphsiologyISBN
9783866446465Publisher
KIT Scientific PublishingPublisher website
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2011Series
Karlsruhe transactions on biomedical engineering / Ed.: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology / Institute of Biomedical Engineering,Classification
Technology: general issues