title: In the spotlight: cardiovascular engineering.
abstract: This paper discusses about the electromechanical effect of rabbit ventricals and abnormalities caused by asynchronous electrical activation in perfusion and pump function. These applications are of paramount importance to therapies that employ pacing of the heart, and particularly cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. ntrayanova@jhu.edu
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Trayanova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D058406:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D011689:Purkinje Cells / Q000502:physiology; D011817:Rabbits