Optical mapping of cardiac excitation and arrhythmias

Foreword Mark E. Josephson Glossary Section I. Basic Principles Introduction: Optical Mapping of Cardiac Excitation and Arrhythmias: A Primer David S. Rosenbaum 1. Optical Mapping: Background and Historical Perspective Guy Salama 2. Mechanisms and Principles of Voltage-Sensitive Fluorescence Leslie M. Loew 3. Optical Properties of Cardiac Tissue William T. Baxter 4. Optics and Detectors Used in Optical Mapping Kenneth R. Laurita and Imad Libbus 5. Optimization of Temporal Filtering for Optical Transmembrane Potential Signals Francis X. Witkowski, Patricia A. Penkoske, and L. Joshua Leon Section II. Microscopic Propagation Introduction: Unique Role of Optical Mapping in the Study of Propagation and Repolarization David S. Rosenbaum 6. Optical Mapping of Impulse Propagation within Cardiomyocytes Herbert Windisch 7. Optical Mapping of Impulse Propagation between Cardiomyocytes Stephan Rohr and Jan P. Kucera 8. Role of Cell-to-Cell Coupling, Structural Discontinuities, and Tissue Anisotropy in Propagation of the Electrical Impulse Andre G. Kleber, Stephan Rohr, and Vladimir G. Fast 9. Optical Mapping of Impulse Propagation in the Atrioventricular Node: 1 Todor N. Mazgalev and Igor R. Efimov 10. Optical Mapping of Impulse Propagation in the Atrioventricular Node: 2 Guy Salama and Bum-Rak Choi 11. Optical Mapping of Microscopic Propagation: Clinical Insights and Applications Albert L. Waldo Section III. Cardiac Arrhythmias Introduction: Unique Role of Optical Mapping in the Study of Cardiac Arrhythmias Jose Jalife 12. Mapping Arrhythmia Substrates Related to Repolarization: 1. Dispersion of Repolarization Kenneth R. Laurita, Joseph M. Pastore, and David S. Rosenbaum 13. Mapping Arrhythmia Substrates Related to Repolarization: 2. Cardiac Wavelength Steven Girouard and David S. Rosenbaum 14. Video Imaging of Cardiac Fibrillation Richard A. Gray and Jose Jalife 15. Video Mapping of Spiral Waves in the Heart William T. Baxter and Jorge M. Davidenko 16. Video Imaging of Wave Propagation in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Cardiomyopathy Faramarz Samie, Gregory E. Morley, Dhjananjay Vaidya, Karen L. Vikstrom, and Jose Jalife 17. Optical Mapping of Cardiac Arrhythmias: Clinical Insights and Applications Douglas L. Packer Section IV. Cardiac Defibrillation Introduction: Unique Role of Optical Mapping in the Study of Cardiac Defibrillation Jose Jalife 18. Response of Cardiac Myocytes to Electrical Fields Leslie Tung 19. New Perspectives in Electrophysiology from The Cardiac Bidomain Shien-Fong Lin and John P. Wikswo, Jr. 20. Mechanisms of Defibrillation: 1. Influence of Fiber Structure on Tissue Response to Electrical Stimulation Stephen B. Knisley 21. Mechanisms of Defibrillation: 2. Application of Laser Scanning Technology Stephen M. Dillon 22. Mechanisms of Defibrillation: 3. Virtual Electrode-Induced Wave Fronts and Phase Singularities Mechanisms of Success and Failure of Internal Defibrillation Igor R. Efimov and Yuanna Cheng 23. Optical Mapping of Cardiac Defibrillation: Clinical Insights and Applications Douglas P. Zipes Index