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Theory of Heart

Biomechanics, Biophysics, and Nonlinear Dynamics of Cardiac Function

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Leon Glass

    1. Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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  2. Peter Hunter

    1. Department of Engineering Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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  3. Andrew McCulloch

    1. Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Science—Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Structure and Function of the Diastolic Heart: Material Properties of Passive Myocardium

    • Bruce Smaill, Peter Hunter
    Pages 1-29

  3. Structural Considerations in Formulating Material Laws for the Myocardium

    • Arie Horowitz
    Pages 31-58

  4. Toward a Stress Analysis in the Heart

    • Jay Humphrey, Robert Strumpf, Henry Halperin, Frank Yin
    Pages 59-75

  5. Identification of the Time-Varying Properties of the Heart

    • Poul Nielsen, Ian Hunter
    Pages 77-86

  6. Factors Affecting the Regional Mechanics of the Diastolic Heart

    • Andrew D. McCulloch, Jeffrey H. Omens
    Pages 87-119

  7. Finite Element Modeling of Ventricular Mechanics

    • Julius M. Guccione, Andrew D. McCulloch
    Pages 121-144

  8. Multidimensional Measurement of Regional Strains in the Intact Heart

    • L. K. Waldman
    Pages 145-174

  9. Epicardial Deformation From Coronary Cinéangiograms

    • Alistair Young
    Pages 175-207

  10. Functional Consequences of Regional Heterogeneity in the Left Ventricle

    • Wilbur Y. W. Lew
    Pages 209-237

  11. Mathematical Modeling of the Electrical Activity of Cardiac Cells

    • Michael R. Guevara
    Pages 239-253

  12. Mathematical Models of Pacemaker Tissue in the Heart

    • J. W. Clark, J. M. Shumaker, C. R. Murphey, W. R. Giles
    Pages 255-288

  13. Low-Dimensional Dynamics in the Heart

    • Leon Glass, Alvin Shrier
    Pages 289-312

  14. Iteration of the Human Atrioventricular (AV) Nodal Recovery Curve Predicts Many Rhythms of AV Block

    • Michael R. Guevara
    Pages 313-358

  15. Ionic Basis of the Wenckebach Phenomenon

    • Jose Jalife, Mario Delmar
    Pages 359-376

  16. Parasystole and the Pacemaker Problem

    • Jacques Bélair, Marc Courtemanche, Leon Glass
    Pages 377-390

  17. Electrical Propagation in Distributed Cardiac Tissue

    • J. Mailen Kootsey
    Pages 391-403

  18. Wave Propagation in Myocardium

    • James P. Keener
    Pages 405-436

  19. Cellular Automata Models of Cardiac Conduction

    • Bo E. H. Saxberg, Richard J. Cohen
    Pages 437-476

  20. Estimating the Ventricular Fibrillation Threshold

    • A. T. Winfree
    Pages 477-531
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In recent years there has been a growth in interest in studying the heart from the perspective of the physical sciences: mechanics, fluid flow, electromechanics. This volume is the result of a workshop held in July 1989 at the Institute for Nonlinear Sciences at the University of California at San Diego that brought together scientists and clinicians with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who shared an interest in the heart. The chapters were prepared by the invited speakers as didactic reviews of their subjects but also include the structure, mechanical properties, and function of the heart and the myocardium, electrical activity of the heart and myocardium, and mathematical models of heart function.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    Leon Glass

  • Department of Engineering Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Peter Hunter

  • Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Science—Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA

    Andrew McCulloch

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