Category Archives: Unexplained

New textbook chapter – Modelling Drug Induced Proarrhythmic Risk and a challenge for whole-heart computational modellers

A little note to say that a textbook chapter I wrote last year is now online and available as part of the Springer Reference work “Drug Discovery and Evaluation: Safety and Pharmacokinetic Assays“ The chapter is available here, and if … Continue reading

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A standing cardiac electrical wave…?

Here’s my first post on an unexplained result. Normally at a ‘steady pacing’ rate cardiac tissue will recover enough to let the next wave through. But there’s a maximum rate you can achieve: if you try to pace faster than … Continue reading

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