A Numerical Method for Coupled Cardiac Electro-Mechanical Simulations

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A heartbeat is the consequence of cardiac tissue deforming in response to tension generated in cardiac fibres. This tension is a result of biochemical reactions that occur as part of cardiac electrophysiology. This coupled electro-mechanical system is usually modelled by coupling a model of tissue deformation with a tissue level model of cardiac electrophysiology such as the bidomain equations [1]. One difficulty with computing a numerical solution of this coupled system is numerical stabilit...

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Authors: Whiteley, J; Pathmanathan, P; Simos, T

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS, VOLS I-III
• Volume: 1281
• Pages: 423-426
• Publication date: 2010-01-01
• DOI: 10.1063/1.3498496
• EISSN: 1551-7616
• ISSN: 0094-243X
• Language: English
• Keywords: finite element method; Cardiac electrophysiology; tissue deformation