How to simulate normal heart rhythm?

Question

Hi, I wonder if there is a way to generate normal heart rhythm using openCarp? If possible, could anyone provide some ideas or examples on how to achieve that? Thanks

Answer 1

Please specify what you are looking for concretely and which aspects are unclear to you. "Normal heart rhythm" can mean a ton of things. You can simulate single cell electrophysiology with physiological pacing rates in openCARP, you can look at pace-and-drive behavior and you can simulate sinus rhythm excitation propagation on the tissue level.

Comments

Hi Axel, thanks for the response, what I mean is by normal heart rhythm is the sinus rhythm on tissue level. Could you give me some examples of how to accomplish that? Thank you.

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02416-4 gives details about simulating physiological excitation propagation in the atria and the ventricles up to the ECG