3D virtual human atria: A computational platform for studying clinical atrial fibrillation.
3D virtual human atria: A computational platform for studying clinical atrial fibrillation.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2011.06.011
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发表时间:
2011-10
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Zhang H
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作者:
Aslanidi OV;Colman MA;Stott J;Dobrzynski H;Boyett MR;Holden AV;Zhang H
Despite a vast amount of experimental and clinical data on the underlying ionic, cellular and tissue substrates, the mechanisms of common atrial arrhythmias (such as atrial fibrillation, AF) arising from the functional interactions at the whole atria level remain unclear. Computational modelling provides a quantitative framework for integrating such multi-scale data and understanding the arrhythmogenic behaviour that emerges from the collective spatio-temporal dynamics in all parts of the heart. In this study, we have developed a multi-scale hierarchy of biophysically detailed computational models for the human atria – 3D virtual human atria. Primarily, diffusion tensor MRI reconstruction of the tissue geometry and fibre orientation in the human sinoatrial node (SAN) and surrounding atrial muscle was integrated into the 3D model of the whole atria dissected from the Visible Human dataset. The anatomical models were combined with the heterogeneous atrial action potential (AP) models, and used to simulate the AP conduction in the human atria under various conditions: SAN pacemaking and atrial activation in the normal rhythm, break-down of regular AP wave-fronts during rapid atrial pacing, and the genesis of multiple re-entrant wavelets characteristic of AF. Contributions of different properties of the tissue to the mechanisms of the normal rhythm and AF arrhythmogenesis are investigated and discussed. The 3D model of the atria itself was incorporated into the torso model to simulate the body surface ECG patterns in the normal and arrhythmic conditions. Therefore, a state-of-the-art computational platform has been developed, which can be used for studying multi-scale electrical phenomena during atrial conduction and arrhythmogenesis. Results of such simulations can be directly compared with experimental electrophysiological and endocardial mapping data, as well as clinical ECG recordings. More importantly, the virtual human atria can provide validated means for directly dissecting 3D excitation propagation processes within the atrial walls from an in vivo whole heart, which are beyond the current technical capabilities of experimental or clinical set-ups.
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