Time: Monday, July 19, 9:00 am - noon
Place: Bioinformatics Computer Core Lab (Rm 104), Life Sciences Bldg
Organizers: Peng-Wie Hsia
Audience: Primarily 1st year students

Topics of session

• Introduction to cardiovascular electrophysiology.
• Arrhythmias of the heart.

Resources of session

• Ref #1: Brief review of cardiac arrhythmias.
  Introduction to cardiac arrhythmias(1)
  
• Ref #2: Electricity and the heart: A Historical Perspective. Interesting early development of pacemaker, defibrillators etc.
  Introduction to cardiac arrhythmias(2)
• Ref #3: Ventricular fibrillation: evolution of the multiple-wavelet hypothesis.  Alexander Panfilov and Arkady Pertsov. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. (2001) 359: 1315-1325.
  Introduction to mother rotor and multiple wavelet hypotheses
• Ref #4: Introduction: Mapping and control of complex cardiac arrhythmias. David J. Christini and Leon Glass. Chaos (2002) 12:732-739. Basics on cardiac mapping in experimental model
  

Before coming to the session

• Look over the Challenge for your own enjoyment.
• Read one or more of the articles listed above.
• Be prepared to win fame and fortune in ECG Jeopardy!

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