Computational models in cardiology

SA Niederer, J Lumens, NA Trayanova - Nature reviews cardiology, 2019 - nature.com
The treatment of individual patients in cardiology practice increasingly relies on advanced
imaging, genetic screening and devices. As the amount of imaging and other diagnostic …

Electrophysiological consequences of cardiac fibrosis

S Verheule, U Schotten - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
For both the atria and ventricles, fibrosis is generally recognized as one of the key
determinants of conduction disturbances. By definition, fibrosis refers to an increased …

The openCARP simulation environment for cardiac electrophysiology

G Plank, A Loewe, A Neic, C Augustin… - Computer methods and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Objective: Cardiac electrophysiology is a medical specialty with a
long and rich tradition of computational modeling. Nevertheless, no community standard for …

Computationally guided personalized targeted ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation

PM Boyle, T Zghaib, S Zahid, RL Ali, D Deng… - Nature biomedical …, 2019 - nature.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF)—the most common arrhythmia—significantly increases the risk of
stroke and heart failure. Although catheter ablation can restore normal heart rhythms …

Predicting atrial fibrillation recurrence by combining population data and virtual cohorts of patient-specific left atrial models

CH Roney, I Sim, J Yu, M Beach, A Mehta… - Circulation …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Current ablation therapy for atrial fibrillation is suboptimal, and long-term
response is challenging to predict. Clinical trials identify bedside properties that provide only …

Personalized cardiac computational models: from clinical data to simulation of infarct-related ventricular tachycardia

A Lopez-Perez, R Sebastian, M Izquierdo… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In the chronic stage of myocardial infarction, a significant number of patients develop life-
threatening ventricular tachycardias (VT) due to the arrhythmogenic nature of the remodeled …

Spatial resolution requirements for accurate identification of drivers of atrial fibrillation

CH Roney, CD Cantwell, JD Bayer… - Circulation …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Recent studies have demonstrated conflicting mechanisms underlying atrial
fibrillation (AF), with the spatial resolution of data often cited as a potential reason for the …

Atrial fibrillation mechanisms and implications for catheter ablation

G Cheniti, K Vlachos, T Pambrun, D Hooks… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
AF is a heterogeneous rhythm disorder that is related to a wide spectrum of etiologies and
has broad clinical presentations. Mechanisms underlying AF are complex and remain …

[HTML][HTML] Universal atrial coordinates applied to visualisation, registration and construction of patient specific meshes

CH Roney, A Pashaei, M Meo, R Dubois, PM Boyle… - Medical image …, 2019 - Elsevier
Integrating spatial information about atrial physiology and anatomy in a single patient from
multimodal datasets, as well as generalizing these data across patients, requires a common …

Constructing a human atrial fibre atlas

CH Roney, R Bendikas, F Pashakhanloo… - Annals of biomedical …, 2021 - Springer
Atrial anisotropy affects electrical propagation patterns, anchor locations of atrial reentrant
drivers, and atrial mechanics. However, patient-specific atrial fibre fields and anisotropy …