When Time Breaks Down: The Three-Dimensional Dynamics of Electrochemical Waves and Cardiac Arrhythmias

Arthur T. Winfree; John J. Tyson

doi:10.1063/1.2811674

December 1, 1988Physics Today

When Time Breaks Down: The Three-Dimensional Dynamics of Electrochemical Waves and Cardiac Arrhythmias

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Examine the physical and mathematical mechanisms governing three-dimensional electrochemical wave propagation and breakdown during cardiac arrhythmias.
Mathematical modeling of non-linear wave propagation within three-dimensional excitable media.
Theoretical framework analysis linking spatial wave turbulence to myocardial electrical instability.
Electrochemical wavefronts form complex three-dimensional organizing centers, such as scroll waves and vortex filaments, in thick cardiac tissue.
Breakdown of coherent wave structures into disordered scroll wave filaments underlies the transition from tachycardia to life-threatening fibrillation.

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A review of Arthur Winfree's book on the three-dimensional dynamics of electrochemical waves and cardiac arrhythmias.

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