Abstract
Numerical simulations of the cardiac electrophysiology in the atria are often based on the standard bidomain or monodomain equations stated on a two-dimensional manifold. These simulations take advantage of the thinness of the atrial tissue, and their computational cost is reduced, as compared to three-dimensional simulations. However, these models do not take into account the heterogeneities located in the thickness of the tissue, like discontinuities of the fiber direction, although they can be a substrate for atrial arrhythmia (Hocini et al., Circulation 105(20):2442-2448, 2002; Ho et al., Cardiovasc Res 54(2):325-336, 2002; Nattel, Nature 415(6868):219-226, 2002). We investigate a two-dimensional model with two coupled, superimposed layers that allows to introduce three-dimensional heterogeneities, but retains a reasonable computational cost. We introduce the mathematical derivation of this model and error estimates with respect to the three-dimensional model. We give some numerical illustrations of its interest: we numerically show its convergence for vanishing thickness, introduce an optimization process of the coupling coefficient and assess its validity on physiologically relevant geometries. Our model would be an effic...Continue Reading
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