Computer Simulation and Experimental Assessment of Cardiac Electrophysiology (2001)

Preface Nathalie Virag, Olivier Blanc, Lukas Kappenberger Part I. Electrical Mapping and Modeling of Atria Chapter 1. Ten Years of Mapping Atrial Fibrillation Natasja M.S. de Groot, Maurits Allessie, MD, PhD Chapter 2. The Role of Deteriorated Inferoposterior Interatrial Conduction in Atrial Fibrillation S. Bertil Olsson, MD, PhD Chapter 3. Simulation of Arrhythmias in a Computer Model of Human Atria Olivier Blanc, MS, Nathalie Virag, PhD, Andre Nicoulin, PhD, Vincent Jacquemet, MS, Jean-Marc Vesin, PhD, Lukas Kappenberger, MD Chapter 4. A Realistic and Efficient Model of Excitation Propagation in the Human Atria Christian W. Zemlin, MS, Hanspeter Herzel, PhD, Siew Y. Ho, PhD, FRCPath, Alexandre Panfilov, PhD Part II. Electrical Mapping and Modeling of Ventricles Chapter 5. Noninvasive Electrocardiographic Imaging of Cardiac Excitation and Arrhythmia Yoram Rudy, PhD Chapter 6. Spatial Gradients in Activation Frequency: A Mechanism of Stable Ventricular Fibrillation Jose Jalife, MD, Faramarz H. Samie, PhD, Jacques Beaumont, PhD Chapter 7. Ventricular Excitation: Wavefronts, Electrograms and Potential Patterns Piero Colli-Franzone, PhD Chapter 8. Three-Dimensional Organization of Reentry in Fibrillating Ventricular Wall Arkady M. Pertsov, PhD Chapter 9. Action Potential Duration Alternans in a Mono-Cellular Model based on Beeler-Reuter Kinetics Etienne Pruvot, MD, Vincent Jacquemet, MS, Jean-Marc Vesin, PhD, Nathalie Virag, PhD, Olivier Blanc, MS, Jacques Koerfer, MD, Martin Fromer, MD, Lukas Kappenberger, MD Part III. Mechanical Modeling Chapter 10. Measurement of Ventricular and Atrial Wall Motion using Magnetic Resonance with Spin-Tagging Elliot McVeigh, PhD Chapter 11. Computational and Experimental Modeling of Ventricular Electromechanical Interactions Andrew McCulloch, PhD, Derrick Sung, MS, Mary Ellen Thomas, MS, Anushka Michailova, MS Part IV. Towards Whole Heart Modeling Chapter 12. Simulation of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Electrocardiography Frank B. Sachse, PhD, Christian Werner, MS, Gunnar Seeman, MS Chapter 13. Modeling of Arbitrary 3D Geometries: Application to the Atria and Ventricles David M. Harrild, PhD, Craig S. Henriquez, PhD Chapter 14. Auckland Whole Heart Model: An Integrated Computational Framework for the Construction of a Whole Organ Model of Cardiac Function Nicolas P. Smith, PhD, Peter J. Mulquiney, PhD, Denis Noble, PhD, Peter J. Hunter, PhD Part V. Options in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Chapter 15. Mechanisms of Atrial Fibrillation Albert L. Waldo, MD Chapter 16. A Computer Model to Test Therapeutic Interventions for Atrial Fibrillation Nathalie Virag, PhD, Olivier Blanc, MS, Olaf Eick, MS, Jean-Marc Vesin, PhD, Lukas Kappenberger, MD Chapter 17. Atrial Fibrillation: A Clinician's Standpoint Martin Fromer, MD Part VI. Options in the Treatment of Ventricular Fibrillation Chapter 18. Mechanisms of Ventricular Defibrillation Nipon Chattipakorn, MD, PhD, Raymond Ideker, MD, PhD Chapter 19. Induction of Reentry and Defibrillation: The Role of Virtual Electrodes Natalia Trayanova, PhD Chapter 20. Virtual Electrode Hypothesis of Stimulation of the Heart Igor R. Efimov, PhD Part VII. Discussion: Can Computer Simulations be Useful for the Development of New Therapeutic Strategies? Chapter 21. Arrhythmia: a Therapeutic Dilemma - Lukas Kappenberger, MD Index