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Suppression of Complex Spiral--Wave Activity in an Ionic Model of Cardiac Tissue by Weak Local Stimulations

2006/10/10 by Ekaterina Zhuchkova, Zhuchkova, Ekaterina, Boris Radnaev +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO) #Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD) #FOS: Physical sciences #nlin.AO #nlin.CD

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nlin/0610020

5 pages, 7 pictures. The paper will be submitted to PRL

arxiv created 2006/10/10 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

On the basis of a quite realistic ionic Fenton--Karma model of the cardiac tissue we consider the problem of defibrillation by a local weak forcing. In contrast to other systems, this model accurately reproduces the most essential mesoscopic properties of the cardiac activity. It is shown that suppression of spiral--wave turbulent dynamics in the heart tissue may be realized by a low-voltage local non-feedback electrical stimulation of monophasic and biphasic shapes. After stabilization the medium goes to a spatially homogeneous steady state.

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