ReviewAnnual review of biomedical engineering2010
Mechanisms of defibrillation.
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- Optogenetic quantification of cardiac excitability and electrical coupling in intact hearts to explain cardiac arrhythmia initiation.Science advances · 2025Article
- Simultaneous optical imaging of gastric slow waves and contractions in the in vivo porcine stomach.American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2024Article
- Experimental studies of spiral wave teleportation in a light sensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky system.Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- The physics of heart rhythm disorders.Physics reports · 2022Article
- Terminating spiral waves with a single designed stimulus: Teleportation as the mechanism for defibrillation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- How to alleviate cardiac injury from electric shocks at the cellular level.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
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- Computational Model for Therapy Optimization of Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator: Shockable Rhythm Detection and Optimal Electrotherapy.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- Electroporation safety factor of 300 nanosecond and 10 millisecond defibrillation in Langendorff-perfused rabbit hearts.PloS one · 2021Article
- [Recent advances in external cardiac defibrillation techniques].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2020Review
- Gene therapy for inherited arrhythmias.Cardiovascular research · 2020Review
- A real-time system for selectively sensing and pacing the His-bundle during sinus rhythm and ventricular fibrillation.Biomedical engineering online · 2020Article
- Cardiac Optogenetics in Atrial Fibrillation: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities.BioMed research international · 2020Review
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- Using Nanosecond Shocks for Cardiac Defibrillation.Bioelectricity · 2019Review
- Wide-area low-energy surface stimulation of large mammalian ventricular tissue.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Heart defibrillation: relationship between pacing threshold and defibrillation probability.Biomedical engineering online · 2019Article
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Abstract
Electrical shock has been the one effective treatment for ventricular fibrillation for several decades. With the advancement of electrical and optical mapping techniques, histology, and computer modeling, the mechanisms responsible for defibrillation are now coming to light. In this review, we discuss recent work that demonstrates the various mechanisms responsible for defibrillation. On the cellular level, membrane depolarization and electroporation affect defibrillation outcome. Cell bundles and collagenous septae are secondary sources and cause virtual electrodes at sites far from shocking electrodes. On the whole-heart level, shock field gradient and critical points determine whether a shock is successful or whether reentry causes initiation and continuation of fibrillation.
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