title: Electrophysiological modeling of cardiac ventricular function: from cell to organ.
abstract: Three topics of importance to modeling the integrative function of the heart are reviewed. The first is modeling of the ventricular myocyte. Emphasis is placed on excitation-contraction coupling and intracellular Ca2+ handling, and the interpretation of experimental data regarding interval-force relationships. Second, data on use of diffusion tensor magnetic resonance (DTMR) imaging for measuring the anatomical structure of the cardiac ventricles are presented. A method for the semi-automated reconstruction of the ventricles using a combination of gradient recalled acquisition in the steady state (GRASS) and DTMR images is described. Third, we describe how these anatomically and biophysically based models of the cardiac ventricles can be implemented on parallel computers.
authors.affiliation: Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Computational Medicine and Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. rwinslow@bme.jhu.edu
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Winslow
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Scollan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Yung
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Jafri
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000502:physiology; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel / Q000502:physiology; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000502:physiology; D016276:Ventricular Function / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel