Myocardial Fibrosis in a 3D Model: Effect of Texture on Wave Propagation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Electrophysiology Model
Numerical Methods
2.2. Fibrosis Pattern Generation
2.3. Shortest Path Calculation
3. Results
3.1. Wavefront Velocity Depends on Fibrosis Fraction and Propagation Direction
3.2. Wave Propagation Stopping Depends on the Tissue Depth, Fibrosis Percentage and Wavefront Direction
3.3. Effects of Fibrosis on the Conduction Velocity Depends on the Tissue Depth
3.4. Shortest Path for Wave Propagation Depends on the Obstacle 0 and the Tissue Depth
4. Discussion
Numerical Implications for Fibrosis Modelling
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
CV | Conduction velocity |
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Dokuchaev, A.; Panfilov, A.V.; Solovyova, O. Myocardial Fibrosis in a 3D Model: Effect of Texture on Wave Propagation. Mathematics 2020, 8, 1352. https://doi.org/10.3390/math8081352
Dokuchaev A, Panfilov AV, Solovyova O. Myocardial Fibrosis in a 3D Model: Effect of Texture on Wave Propagation. Mathematics. 2020; 8(8):1352. https://doi.org/10.3390/math8081352
Chicago/Turabian StyleDokuchaev, Arsenii, Alexander V. Panfilov, and Olga Solovyova. 2020. "Myocardial Fibrosis in a 3D Model: Effect of Texture on Wave Propagation" Mathematics 8, no. 8: 1352. https://doi.org/10.3390/math8081352