EPSRC project EP/D500338/1

"Feedback control of resonant drift as a tool for low voltage defibrillation"

Investigators:

• Vadim N. Biktashev (principal investigator),
• Irina V. Biktasheva (coinvestigator)

Project student:

• Stuart W. Morgan

Dates:

• Start: 12 December 2005
• End: 11 December 2008

Grant value:

• £ 78,572

Results:

• Detailed report for EPSRC
• Stuart Morgan "Low-Energy Defibrillation Using Resonant Drift Pacing", Ph.D. thesis, University of Liverpool, 2009 (PDF 4.0M)
• S.W. Morgan, G.Plank, I.V. Biktasheva and V.N. Biktashev "Low energy defibrillation in human cardiac tissue: a simulation study" Biophys. J., 96(4):1364-1373, 2009
• S.W. Morgan, I.V. Biktasheva and V.N. Biktashev "Control of scroll wave turbulence using resonant perturbations" Phys. Rev. E, 78: 046207, 2008
• I.V. Biktasheva, S.W. Morgan, G. Plank and V.N. Biktashev "Feedback Control of Resonant Drift as a Tool for Low Voltage Defibrillation", Computers in Cardiology, 35:501-504, 2008
• S. W. Morgan, G. Plank, I.V. Biktasheva, and V.N. Biktashev. "Feedback control of resonant drift as a tool for low voltage defibrillation", Europace, 10 (Supp. 1):i140, 2008
• V.N. Biktashev "Resonance and feedback strategies for low-voltage defibrillation", chapter 6.2 in Cardiac Bioelectric Therapy. Mechanisms and Practical Implications, pages 493-510, I.R. Efimov, M.W. Kroll and P.J. Tchou (eds), Spinger, 2009
• V.N.Biktashev, I.V.Biktasheva and S.W.Morgan, "Resonant drift of scroll waves", in preparation (link to follow)
• S.W. Morgan, G. Plank, I.V. Biktasheva, and V.N. Biktashev, "Low energy defibrillation in whole ventricle model: a simulation study", in preparation (link to follow)