DYNAMIC CONTROL OF CARDIAC ALTERNANS

A dynamic control technique was used to suppress a cardiac arrhythmia called an alternans rhythm in a piece of dissected rabbit heart. Our c ontrol algorithm adapted to drifting system parameters, making it well suited for the control of physiological rhythms. Control of cardiac a lternans rhythms may have important clinical implications since they o ften precede serious cardiac arrhythmias and are a harbinger of sudden cardiac death.