Effects of fibrosis morphology on reentrant ventricular tachycardia inducibility and simulation fidelity in patient-derived models

Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-13

  Ringenberg, Jordan ^a   Deo, Makarand ^b   Filgueiras Rama, David ^c,d   Pizarro, Gonzalo ^d,e   Ibañez, Borja ^d   Peinado, Rafael ^f   Merino, José L ^f   Berenfeld, Omer ^g   Devabhaktuni, Vijay ^a  

^a The University of Toledo   (United States)

^b NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiac MRI; Image based 3D ventricular modeling; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; REENTRANT VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; REVIEW; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 84962839055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11795468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/CMC.S15712     Document Type: Review

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