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@article{citeulike:3382010, abstract = {Computer simulations of electrical behaviour in the whole ventricles have become commonplace during the last few years. The goals of this article are (i) to review the techniques that are currently employed to model cardiac electrical activity in the heart, discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches, and (ii) to implement a novel modelling approach, based on physiological reasoning, that lifts some of the restrictions imposed by current state-of-the-art ionic models. To illustrate the latter approach, the present study uses a recently developed ionic model of the ventricular myocyte that incorporates an excitation-contraction coupling and mitochondrial energetics model. A paradigm to bridge the vastly disparate spatial and temporal scales, from subcellular processes to the entire organ, and from sub-microseconds to minutes, is presented. Achieving sufficient computational efficiency is the key to success in the quest to develop multiscale realistic models that are expected to lead to better understanding of the mechanisms of arrhythmia induction following failure at the organelle level, and ultimately to the development of novel therapeutic applications.}, author = {Plank, G. and Zhou, L. and Greenstein, J. L. and Cortassa, S. and Winslow, R. L. and O'Rourke, B. and Trayanova, N. A.}, citeulike-article-id = {3382010}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2008.0112}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18603526}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18603526}, day = {28}, doi = {10.1098/rsta.2008.0112}, issn = {1364-503X}, journal = {Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences}, month = {September}, number = {1879}, pages = {3381--3409}, posted-at = {2008-10-07 13:39:23}, priority = {2}, title = {From mitochondrial ion channels to arrhythmias in the heart: computational techniques to bridge the spatio-temporal scales.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2008.0112}, volume = {366}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3382010 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3382010 N2 - Computer simulations of electrical behaviour in the whole ventricles have become commonplace during the last few years. The goals of this article are (i) to review the techniques that are currently employed to model cardiac electrical activity in the heart, discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches, and (ii) to implement a novel modelling approach, based on physiological reasoning, that lifts some of the restrictions imposed by current state-of-the-art ionic models. To illustrate the latter approach, the present study uses a recently developed ionic model of the ventricular myocyte that incorporates an excitation-contraction coupling and mitochondrial energetics model. A paradigm to bridge the vastly disparate spatial and temporal scales, from subcellular processes to the entire organ, and from sub-microseconds to minutes, is presented. Achieving sufficient computational efficiency is the key to success in the quest to develop multiscale realistic models that are expected to lead to better understanding of the mechanisms of arrhythmia induction following failure at the organelle level, and ultimately to the development of novel therapeutic applications. IS - 1879 JF - Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences SN - 1364-503X EP - 3409 TI - From mitochondrial ion channels to arrhythmias in the heart: computational techniques to bridge the spatio-temporal scales. VL - 366 SP - 3381 AU - Plank, G AU - Zhou, L AU - Greenstein, JL AU - Cortassa, S AU - Winslow, RL AU - O'Rourke, B AU - Trayanova, NA PY - 2008/09/28/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2008.0112 ER -