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Model of canine left and right ventricles during systole - Taras Usyk.
Mechanical activation time distribution in a model of bi-ventricular pacing of the canine ventricles - Taras Usyk .
Myofiber strains from a 3D finite element model of the dog coupled to the closed-loop systemic and pulmonary circulations. First, 12 normal beats are simulated, followed by another 18 beats with ischemia induced in the apical LV free wall - Roy Kerckhoffs.
Thickness of LV posterolateral infarct   wrt to normal  blue   0, red   50.  Roy.
Postero-lateral view of the rabbit heart ventricular model. Yellow, endocardial fibers. Blue, epicardial fibers - Fred Vetter.
Chronic infarct in canine ventricles paced at left ventricular free wall.  Activation sequence, range  35 ms,  yellow  to 105 ms,  blue - Roy Kerckhoffs.
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Fitting epicardial surface model to experimental measurements  green dots  from rabbit ventricular geometry.
Finite element model of the dog heart based on Nielsen et al,  Am J Physiol, 1991 .
Electrical activation times in a canine heart model viewed from the base.
Effects of ion channel heterogeneity  epicardial, M-cell and endocardial cells  on action potential propagation in a three-dimensional "wedge" of rabbit left ventricular wall - Mary Ellen Belik  and  Sarah Flaim.
 Model for electrical activation of a wedge of myocardium - Sarah Flaim.
Myofiber strains from a 3D finite element model of the dog coupled to closed-loop systemic and pulmonary circulations - Roy Kerckhoffs
Rabbit ventricular mesh with fibers rendered in Continuity 6.3 - Fred Lionetti.
Rabbit ventricular mesh with fibers rendered in Continuity 6.3 - Fred Lionetti.
Mapping regional function. This figure demonstrates a strain map from measurements in an inflated rabbit heart  red denotes larger stretch - Robert Mills.
Model of mouse ventricular geometry and fiber architecture
Model of mouse ventricular anatomy - Jyoti Rao.
Model of mouse ventricular anatomy viewed from base - Jyoti Rao.
Chronic infarct in canine left ventricle, paced at left ventricular free wall, showing strains during ejection ranging from -0.145,  blue  to 0.015,  red.
Chronic infarct in canine left ventricle, paced at left ventricular free wall, showing strains during ejection ranging from -0.145,  blue  to 0.015,  red.
An image of a propagating wavefront in a rabbit ventricular wedge with realistic fiber architecture using the Puglisi-Bers ionic model - Mary Ellen Belik and  Sarah Flaim.
Electrical activation of a wedge of myocardium.

Quicktime movies

  • Myofiber strains from a 3D finite element model of the dog coupled to the closed-loop systemic and pulmonary circulations. First, 12 normal beats are simulated, followed by another 18 beats with ischemia induced in the apical LV free wall. ( Roy Kerckhoffs )
  • Myofiber strains from a 3D finite element model of the dog coupled to the closed-loop systemic and pulmonary circulations. First, 12 normal beats are simulated, followed by another 18 beats with pulmonary artery constriction.( Roy Kerckhoffs)

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