The challenge of cardiac modeling--interaction and integration.
Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., (October 2006)Abstract
The goal of clinical cardiology is to obtain an integrated picture
of the interacting parameters of muscle and vessel mechanics, blood
circulation and myocardial perfusion, oxygen consumption and energy
metabolism, and electrical activation and heart rate, thus relating
to the true physiological and pathophysiological characteristics
of the heart. Scientific insight into the cardiac physiology and
performance is achieved by utilizing life sciences, for example,
molecular biology, genetics and related intra- and intercellular
phenomena, as well as the exact sciences, for example, mathematics,
computer science, and related imaging and visualization techniques.
The tools to achieve these goals are based on the intimate interactions
between engineering science and medicine and the developments of
modern, medically oriented technology. Most significant is the beneficiary
effect of the globalization of science, the Internet, and the unprecedented
international interaction and scientific cooperation in facing difficult
multidisciplined challenges. This meeting aims to explore some important
interactions in the cardiac system and relate to the integration
of spatial and temporal interacting system parameters, so as to gain
better insight into the structure and function of the cardiac system,
thus leading to better therapeutic modalities.
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