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DY: Fachverband Dynamik und Statistische Physik

DY 14: Joint focus session: Nonlinear Dynamics of the Heart

DY 14.1: Invited Talk

Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 09:30–10:00, MA 001

Cardiac dynamics from a nonlinear system's perspective - from basic science to applications — •Stefan Luther — Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Goettingen, Germany — Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Self-organized complex spatial-temporal dynamics underlies cardiac arrhythmias, a significant cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. The term dynamical disease was coined, suggesting that they can be best understood from a dynamical system's perspective. The systematic integration experimental data from sub-cellular, cellular, tissue, and organ level to the in-vivo organism into mathematical models is key to the understanding of this complex biological system. The talk will provide an introduction to the biophysics and nonlinear dynamics of the heart, and discuss mechanisms that induce, sustain, and control life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias.