@inproceedings{bdb2d867dfa845e2bb7e259d0d8c1c1a,
title = "Computer simulation of cathode ablation for atrial fibrillation",
abstract = "We performed the computer simulation of cathode ablation for a trial fibrillation based on the standard and improved Cox maze III procedure with transmural ablation or not. At first, a computational a trial model was built from MRI images of a male volunteer, and was discretized into spherical units in a spherical coordinate. Then, the anisotropy of conduction velocity and electrical conductivity were incorporated into the special conduction system of this model. The action potential of each cell was simulated based on the Nygren cell model. Furthermore, action potential and conduction velocity restitutions were also introduced to the model. The simulation results demonstrated that non-transmural maze III ablation procedure can achieve the same effect as the transmural ablation if the positions of ablation lines are reasonable. This study may provide theoretical hints and evidence for the usefulness of maze III ablation procedure in the treatment of chronic a trial fibrillation.",
keywords = "Atrial fibrillation, Cathode ablation, Computer modeling and simulation, Maze III procedure",
author = "Xin Zhu and Di Yang and Weijia Lu and Wenxi Chen and Daming Wei and Koji Fukuda and Hiroaki Shimokawa",
year = "2014",
month = dec,
day = "12",
doi = "10.1109/CIT.2014.37",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT 2014",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "721--725",
booktitle = "Proceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT 2014",
note = "14th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT 2014 ; Conference date: 11-09-2014 Through 13-09-2014",
}