Control of scroll-wave turbulence using resonant perturbations

被引:19
作者
Morgan, S. W. [1 ]
Biktasheva, I. V.
Biktashev, V. N.
机构
[1] Univ Liverpool, Dept Math Sci, Liverpool L69 7ZL, Merseyside, England
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 2008年 / 78卷 / 04期
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevE.78.046207
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
Turbulence of scroll waves is a sort of spatiotemporal chaos that exists in three-dimensional excitable media. Cardiac tissue and the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction are examples of such media. In cardiac tissue, chaotic behavior is believed to underlie fibrillation which, without intervention, precedes cardiac death. In this study we investigate suppression of the turbulence using stimulation of two different types, "modulation of excitability" and "extra transmembrane current." With cardiac defibrillation in mind, we used a single pulse as well as repetitive extra current with both constant and feedback controlled frequency. We show that turbulence can be terminated using either a resonant modulation of excitability or a resonant extra current. The turbulence is terminated with much higher probability using a resonant frequency perturbation than a nonresonant one. Suppression of the turbulence using a resonant frequency is up to fifty times faster than using a nonresonant frequency, in both the modulation of excitability and the extra current modes. We also demonstrate that resonant perturbation requires strength one order of magnitude lower than that of a single pulse, which is currently used in clinical practice to terminate cardiac fibrillation. Our results provide a robust method of controlling complex chaotic spatiotemporal processes. Resonant drift of spiral waves has been studied extensively in two dimensions, however, these results show for the first time that it also works in three dimensions, despite the complex nature of the scroll wave turbulence.
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