Page 4 - Cardiac Electrophysiology | A Modeling and Imaging Approach
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CONTENTS
4. The Electric Field of the Heart..................................................................................................................................p.110
4.1 The Field Generated by a Single Cardiac Cell......................................................................................p.110
4.2 The Field of an Elongated Cylindrical Fiber...........................................................................................p.114
4.3 The Ionic Current Basis of Electrocardiographic Waveforms....................................................p.116
5. The Electrophysiologic Substrate of the Human Heart........................................................................p.125
5.1 The ECGI Method...................................................................................................................................................p.125
5.2 Testing and Validation of ECGI......................................................................................................................p.128
5.3 Activation and Repolarization of the Normal Human Heart.....................................................p.134
5.4 Atrial Fibrillation......................................................................................................................................................p.142
5.5 Electrophysiological Substrate of Post Myocardial Infarction Scar.......................................p.145
5.6 Heart Failure (HF)..................................................................................................................................................p.149
5.7 Arrhythmic Substrates of Hereditary Cardiac Disorders.............................................................p.156
5.8 Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)...........................................................................................................................p.166
5.9 Electromechanics of the Heart....................................................................................................................p.175
6. Disclosure.................................................................................................................................................................................p.176
7. Acknowledgments............................................................................................................................................................p.176
8. References...............................................................................................................................................................................p.177
