The global burden caused by cardiovascular disease is substantial, with heart disease
representing the most common cause of death around the world. There remains a need to …

Introduction: Aconite poisoning is relatively rare but is frequently complicated by ventricular
dysrhythmias, which may be fatal. Molecular basis of aconite alkaloid ventricular …

Aims Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and often involves
reentrant electrical activation (eg spiral waves). Drug therapy for AF can have serious side …

Electroporation is a widely used technique to permeabilize cell membranes. Despite its
prevalence, our understanding of the mechanism of voltage-mediated pore formation is …

The development of new approaches to control cardiac arrhythmias requires a deep
understanding of spiral wave dynamics. Optogenetics offers new possibilities for this …

Appropriate treatment of mass‐produced degraded batteries is desired to alleviate resource
waste and environmental pollution caused by direct disposal. However, current …

Application of a high electric field causes an electric shock to the heart. This is utilized in defibrillationtoreestablishnormalcontraction…
arrest. If shock-induced transmembrane potentials are large enough, they can cause tissue …

We identify and demonstrate a universal mechanism for terminating spiral waves in
excitable media using an established topological framework. This mechanism dictates …

Optogenetic methods enable selective de-and hyperpolarization of cardiomyocytes
expressing light-sensitive proteins within the myocardium. By using light, this technology …

Intense electric shocks of nanosecond (ns) duration can become a new modality for more
efficient but safer defibrillation. We extended strength-duration curves for excitation of …