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Effects of Cardiac Structural Remodelling During Heart Failure on Cardiac Excitation – Insights from a Heterogeneous 3D Model of the Rabbit Atria [PDF]

, 2015
Heart failure is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the western world. One of the effects of heart failure is the structural remodelling of cardiac tissue, including tissue dilation and development of fibrosis.
Boyett, Mark, Castro, Simon J, Colman, Michael A, Hart, George, Jarvis, Jonathan C, Kottas, Petros, Stephenson, Robert S, Zhang, Henggui   +7 more
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Smart, Bio‐Inspired Polymers and Bio‐Based Molecules Modified by Zwitterionic Motifs to Design Next‐Generation Materials for Medical Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bio‐based and (semi‐)synthetic zwitterion‐modified novel materials and fully synthetic next‐generation alternatives show the importance of material design for different biomedical applications. The zwitterionic character affects the physiochemical behavior of the material and deepens the understanding of chemical interaction mechanisms within the ...
Theresa M. Lutz, Jonas De Breuck, Sahar Salehi, Meike N. Leiske   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global alternans instability and its effect on non-linear wave propagation : dynamical Wenckebach block and self terminating spiral waves [PDF]

, 2016
The main mechanism of formation of reentrant cardiac arrhythmias is via formation of waveblocks at heterogeneities of cardiac tissue. We report that heterogeneity and the area of waveblock can extend itself in space and can result formation of new ...
Dawyndt, Peter, Defauw, Arne, Panfilov, Alexander, Vandersickel, Nele   +3 more
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Stabilization of Miscible Aqueous Phases via Diffusion‐Controlled Multifunctional Nanoparticle‐Ligand Complexation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a versatile approach to harnessing miscible aqueous domains, enabling liquid‐in‐liquid compartmentalization using a barrier formed in situ rather than bulk immiscibility. The barrier forms upon the complexation of multifunctional nanoparticles and ligands at the contact boundary of aqueous phases.
Seyyed Alireza Hashemi, Mahyar Panahi‐Sarmad, Ahmadreza Ghaffarkhah, Vahid Rad, Masoud Soroush, Thomas P. Russell, Orlando J. Rojas, Mohammad Arjmand   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Atrioventricular Delay Optimization in His‐Optimized Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports
His bundle pacing (HBP) has recently emerged as a physiologic pacing strategy that preserves ventricular synchrony and may improve outcomes in patients with heart failure and conduction abnormalities. Optimization of the atrioventricular (AV) delay plays
Minh Nguyen Quang, Dung Kieu Ngoc, Son Nguyen Khac Le, Phuong Tran Le Uyen, Thuc Nguyen Tri   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prognostic significance of right bundle branch block in patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction [PDF]

, 2009
There is little information available concerning the influence of right bundle branch block (RBBB) on the prognosis of patients with inferior myocardial infarction (MI).
Iwasaki, Jun, Katayama, Yusuke, Kono, Kunihisa, Osawa, Kazuhiro, Saito, Daiji, Shiraki, Teruo, Takahashi, Natsuki, Takeuchi, Kazufumi, Tanakaya, Machiko   +8 more
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Nanothermometry in Living Cells: Physical Limits, Conceptual and Material Challenges

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Heat and temperature are fundamental to life. When nanothermometers began probing regions as small as a living cell, they triggered controversial claims of large intracellular temperature gradients. We review physical constraints energy‐conservation, entropy production, thermodynamic fluctuations, and molecular dynamics.
Taras Plakhotnik
wiley   +1 more source

Ultra-High-Frequency ECG in Cardiac Pacing and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: From Technical Concept to Clinical Application

Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease
Identifying electrical dyssynchrony is crucial for cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). The ultra-high-frequency electrocardiography (UHF-ECG) technique allows instantaneous dyssynchrony analyses with real-time visualization.
Uyên Châu Nguyên, Jesse H. J. Rijks, Filip Plesinger, Leonard M. Rademakers, Justin Luermans, Karin C. Smits, Antonius M. W. van Stipdonk, Frits W. Prinzen, Kevin Vernooy, Josef Halamek, Karol Curila, Pavel Jurak   +11 more
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Additive Manufacturing of NiTi Shape Memory Alloys for Elastocaloric Applications: A Review

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Additive manufacturing enables complex NiTi architectures that overcome key limitations in elastocaloric refrigeration, including poor heat transfer and high mechanical work input. This review surveys recent advances in LPBF‐ and DED‐fabricated NiTi shape memory alloys for elastocaloric applications, highlighting process–structure–performance ...
Ignatius Andre Setiawan, Mohammad Mehrali, Jaka Tušek, Shiva Mohajerani, Xiebin Wang, Dermot Brabazon, Mohammad Elahinia, Mehrshad Mehrpouya   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A study on stability analysis of atrial repolarization variability using ARX model in sinus rhythm and atrial tachycardia ECGs [PDF]

, 2016
© 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Background The interaction between the PTa and PP interval dynamics from the surface ECG is seldom explained. Mathematical modeling of these intervals is of interest in finding the relationship between the heart rate and ...
Langley, Philip, Palanikumar, Gurusamy, Sivaraman, Jayaraman, Uma, Gandhi, Umapathy, M., Venkatesan, Sangareddi   +5 more
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