TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of cellular electromechanical coupling on functional heterogeneity in a one-dimensional tissue model of the myocardium
AU - Khokhlova, Anastasia
AU - Balakina-Vikulova, Nathalie
AU - Katsnelson, Leonid
AU - Solovyova, Olga
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017/5/1
Y1 - 2017/5/1
N2 - Based on the experimental evidence, we developed a one-dimensional (1D) model of heterogeneous myocardial tissue consisting of in-series connected cardiomyocytes from distant transmural regions using mathematical models of subendocardial and subepicardial cells. The regional deformation patterns produced by our 1D model are consistent with the transmural regional strain patterns obtained experimentally in the normal heart in vivo. The modelling results suggest that the mechanical load may essentially affect the transmural gradients in the electrical and mechanical properties of interacting myocytes within a tissue, thereby regulating global myocardial output.
AB - Based on the experimental evidence, we developed a one-dimensional (1D) model of heterogeneous myocardial tissue consisting of in-series connected cardiomyocytes from distant transmural regions using mathematical models of subendocardial and subepicardial cells. The regional deformation patterns produced by our 1D model are consistent with the transmural regional strain patterns obtained experimentally in the normal heart in vivo. The modelling results suggest that the mechanical load may essentially affect the transmural gradients in the electrical and mechanical properties of interacting myocytes within a tissue, thereby regulating global myocardial output.
KW - Cardiac heterogeneity
KW - Cardiac mechanics
KW - Electromechanical coupling
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85016441515
U2 - 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2017.03.021
DO - 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2017.03.021
M3 - Article
C2 - 28364644
AN - SCOPUS:85016441515
SN - 0010-4825
VL - 84
SP - 147
EP - 155
JO - Computers in Biology and Medicine
JF - Computers in Biology and Medicine
ER -