Remodeling of cardiac passive electrical properties and susceptibility to ventricular and atrial arrhythmias

• Main Author: George E. Billman (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Physiology; Gap Junctions; Myocardial Infarction; computer modeling; arrhythmias; Fibrosis; electrotonic coupling; cable theory; sino-atrial node; Ventricular Fibrillation; Atrial Fibrillation
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The effective management of cardiac arrhythmias, either of atrial or of ventricular origin, remains a major challenge. Sudden cardiac death due to ventricular tachyarrhythmias remains the leading cause of death in industrialized countries while atrial fibrillation is the most common rhythm disorder;...