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NASA NTRS · 19990109141

Heart Fibrillation and Parallel Supercomputers

Abstract

The Luo and Rudy 3 cardiac cell mathematical model is implemented on the parallel supercomputer CRAY - T3D. The splitting algorithm combined with variable time step and an explicit method of integration provide reasonable solution times and almost perfect scaling for rectilinear wave propagation. The computer simulation makes it possible to observe new phenomena: the break-up of spiral waves caused by intracellular calcium and dynamics and the non-uniformity of the calcium distribution in space during the onset of the spiral wave.

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Kogan, B. Y., Karplus, W. J., Chudin, E. E.. 1997-01-01. Heart Fibrillation and Parallel Supercomputers. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19990109141

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