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Title: Theory of unpinning of spiral waves using circularly polarized electric fields in mathematical models of excitable media
Authors: Punacha S.
Naveena Kumara A.
Shajahan T.K.
Issue Date: 2020
Citation: Physical Review E Vol. 102 , 3 , p. -
Abstract: Spiral waves of excitation are common in many physical, chemical, and biological systems. In physiological systems like the heart, such waves can lead to cardiac arrhythmias and need to be eliminated. Spiral waves anchor to heterogeneities in the excitable medium, and to eliminate them they need to be unpinned first. Several groups focused on developing strategies to unpin such pinned waves using electric shocks, pulsed electric fields, and recently, circularly polarized electric fields (CPEF). It was shown that in many situations, CPEF is more efficient at unpinning the wave compared to other existing methods. Here, we study how the circularly polarized field acts on the pinned spiral waves and unpins it. We show that the termination always happens within the first rotation of the electric field. For a given obstacle size, there exists a threshold time period of the CPEF below which the spiral can always be terminated. Our analytical formulation accurately predicts this threshold and explains the absence of the traditional unpinning window with the CPEF. We hope our theoretical work will stimulate further experimental studies about CPEF and low energy methods to eliminate spiral waves. © 2020 American Physical Society.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.102.032411
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