2 Weiss et al Potassium and Arrhythmias subthreshold EADs, thereby initiating reentry
(Figure 3, black arrows). Under these conditions, reentry can have a special property called …

The objective of this article is to present a broad review of the role of cardiac electric rotors
and their accompanying spiral waves in the mechanism of cardiac fibrillation. At the outset …

In a normal human life span, the heart beats about 2–3 billion times. Under diseased
conditions, a heart may lose its normal rhythm and degenerate suddenly into much faster …

Mathematical modeling of the cardiac action potential has proven to be a powerful tool for
illuminating various aspects of cardiac function, including cardiac arrhythmias. However, no …

In 2009, the “Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of myocarditis (JCS 2009)” were issued
by the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS). 1 Although this guideline has been widely used …

Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained cardiac rhythm disorder, and confers a
substantial mortality and morbidity from stroke, thromboembolism, heart failure, and …

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and Office of Rare Diseases at the National
Institutes of Health organized a workshop (September 14 to 15, 2006, in Bethesda, Md) to …

Cardiac arrhythmias can follow disruption of the normal cellular electrophysiological
processes underlying excitable activity and their tissue propagation as coherent wavefronts …

Despite improvements in the therapy of underlying heart disease, sudden cardiac death is a
major cause of death worldwide. Disturbed Na and Ca handling is known to be a major …

Transplantations of various stem cells or their progeny have repeatedly improved cardiac
performance in animal models of myocardial injury; however, the benefits observed in …