Study of the defibrillation process in a computer model of human atria

Author

Boegli, Max ; Blanc, Olivier ; Virag, Nathalie ; Vesin, Jean-Marc ; Kappenberge, Lukas

Author_Institution

Signal Process. Lab., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1848

Abstract

A realistic 3D anatomical model of human atria has been designed to study and better understand electrical propagation mechanisms. Besides normal sinus beat, pathological phenomena such as atrial flutter and fibrillation have been simulated. Having initiated atrial arrhythmias, the authors´ main objective is to test different defibrillation techniques by means of electrical shock application. Varying intensity and duration of electrical shocks, as well as the area of excited tissue, the authors were able to reproduce a curve of defibrillation success versus shock strength comparable to the ones obtained in human atria

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; cardiology; defibrillators; digital simulation; medical computing; physiological models; atrial flutter; computer model; defibrillation process; electrical propagation mechanisms; electrical shock application; excited tissue area; fibrillation; human atria; normal sinus beat; pathological phenomena; realistic 3D anatomical model; Atrial fibrillation; Biological system modeling; Biology computing; Computer simulation; Defibrillation; Electric shock; Heart; Humans; Testing; Valves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6465-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2000.900446

Filename

900446