TITLE:

RECENT RESULTS OF A MODEL OF ELECTRICAL PROPAGATION IN THE HEART (No. 151)

DATE:

Friday, April 13th, 2007

TIME:

3:30 PM

LOCATION:

GMCS 214

SPEAKER:

Avinoam Rabinovitch, Department of Physics, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

ABSTRACT:

Results include:

1. Fitting the action potential of the heart by a modified FitzHugh model. Results can possibly be used to diagnose atrial fibrillation.

2. Unidirectional pulses, a new method of their stimulation and their use a.: to suppress VT/VF, b: to create spiral pairs. The properties and importance of such pairs.

3. Two dimensional maps of rapid pacing of the heart and when to use them.

4. Chaotic wave trains in a mixed LC-Excitable medium. Application to the heart’s stimulating system–the Sinus Node”.

HOST:

Peter Salamon

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