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Simulation of effects of inward-rectifier K+ current on the automaticity of human ventricular tissue

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Abstract

Inward-rectifier K+ current (IK1) is a major current in ventricular myocytes, which contributes both to the fourth phase of repolarization and setting the resting membrane potential. The down-regulation of IK1 could induce automaticity in human ventricular myocytes. An idealized 2D human ventricular tissue was designed in this paper, which was 100 cells in length and 400 cells in width. The effects of IK1 were both investigated on single ventricular cell and the tissue. The experimental results demonstrated that the lower the IK1, the higher the automatic rhythm. The autorhythmicity increased with the decreasing of IK1. The tissue was controlled by the automatic rhythm when IK1 was less enough; in contrast, it was controlled by the sinus rhythm when IK1 was larger than a critical value.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputing in Cardiology Conference 2015, CinC 2015
EditorsAlan Murray
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages1105-1108
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781509006854
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Feb 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event42nd Computing in Cardiology Conference, CinC 2015 - Nice, France
Duration: 6 Sep 20159 Sep 2015

Publication series

NameComputing in Cardiology
Volume42
ISSN (Print)2325-8861
ISSN (Electronic)2325-887X

Conference

Conference42nd Computing in Cardiology Conference, CinC 2015
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityNice
Period6/09/159/09/15

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