Kléber, André G., and Yoram Rudy. Basic Mechanisms of Cardiac Impulse Propagation and
Associated Arrhythmias. Physiol Rev 84: 431–488, 2004; 10.1152/physrev. 00025.2003 …

We review experimental and theoretical studies on the design and control of spatiotemporal
behavior in chemical systems. A wide range of approaches have been pursued to control …

▪ Abstract Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is the major immediate cause of sudden cardiac death.
Traditionally, VF has been defined as turbulent cardiac electrical activity, which implies a …

Almost 30 years have passed since the discovery of concentric (target) and spiral waves in
the spatially extended Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction. Since then, rotating spirals and …

It is traditionally assumed that impulse propagation in cardiac muscle is determined by the
combination of two factors:(1) the active properties of cardiac cell membranes and (2) the …

Myocardial fibrosis is an important risk factor for cardiac arrhythmias. Previous experimental
and numerical studies have shown that the texture and spatial distribution of fibrosis may …

As the coupling in a heterogeneous excitable medium is reduced, three different types of
behavior are encountered: plane waves propagate without breaking up, plane waves break …

Aims During ageing, after infarction, in cardiomyopathies and other cardiac diseases, the
percentage of fibrotic (connective) tissue may increase from 6% up to 10–35%. The …

The beating of the heart is a synchronized contraction of muscle cells (myocytes) that is
triggered by a periodic sequence of electrical waves (action potentials) originating in the …

Patterns are everywhere in nature-in the ranks of clouds in the sky, the stripes of an
angelfish, the arrangement of petals in flowers. Where does this order and regularity come …