Three-dimensional organization of electrical turbulence in the heart

Authors
Panfilov, AV
Citation
Av. Panfilov, Three-dimensional organization of electrical turbulence in the heart, PHYS REV E, 59(6), 1999, pp. R6251-R6254
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW E
ISSN journal
1063651X → ACNP
Volume
59
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
R6251 - R6254
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(199906)59:6<R6251:TOOETI>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Three-dimensional organization of electrical turbulence that is induced via the phenomenon of spiral breakup is studied in a computer model of the hea rt, which includes realistic ventricular geometries and cardiac anisotropy. We find filaments of rotors during the turbulence and study their number a nd length as a function of the heart size. We perform a dimensional analysi s of turbulence. [S1063-651X(99)50606-5].