Key result
Chaos synchronization causes large-scale heterogeneities of refractoriness that create localized conduction block, inducing spiral wave reentry in a model of cardiac tissue.
Population
Model of cardiac tissue
Design
Preclinical
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May induce reentry via chaos-driven block in models; leaves open relevance to clinical arrhythmias.
This study demonstrates a novel mechanism for inducing reentry in cardiac tissue models, where chaos synchronization creates localized conduction block leading to spiral wave reentry.
Xie et al. (2007) conducted a letter in Ventricular fibrillation. Chaos synchronization was evaluated on Induction of spiral wave reentry. Chaos synchronization causes large-scale heterogeneities of refractoriness that create localized conduction block, inducing spiral wave reentry in a model of cardiac tissue.