Why the study?
A mechanism explaining ST depression on the epicardial surface over the border between normal and ischemic tissue was not previously established.
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ST depression localizes to lateral ischemic borders on epicardium; extends anisotropic bidomain models for ECG-guided ischemia mapping.
INTRODUCTION: A mechanism for ST depression arising on the epicardial surface over the border between normal and ischemic tissue is proposed. Depression is caused by current flowing in a transmural loop that begins and ends at the lateral boundary between healthy and ischemic tissue and passes through the transmural boundary between healthy and ischemic tissue. The result is ST depression at the epicardium over the lateral boundary. The size and direction of current flow are dictated by differences in the magnitude and orientation of anisotropic conductivity between those boundaries. METHODS AND RESULTS: Computer simulations verified and quantified the relationship between ST depression and conductivity differences. We used computer simulations based on an anatomically accurate, anisotropic model of canine ventricles and a bidomain representation of the effects of ischemia to verify the biophysical basis of this mechanism. CONCLUSION: ST depression at the epicardium appears over a lateral boundary between healthy and ischemic tissue.
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Hopenfeld et al. (2004) studied Subendocardial ischemia (Abstract) / Cardiovascular disease risk assessment (Guideline). Computer simulations of ischemia (Abstract) / Exercise testing (Guideline) was evaluated. Computer simulations based on a canine model demonstrated that ST depression at the epicardium appears over a lateral boundary between healthy and ischemic tissue due to transmural loop currents.
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