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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 2.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2011 Apr 14;4(3):279–286. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.960567

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Computational model result showing snapshots of transmembrane potential across simulated myocardial tissue. For these models a 5 mm by 5 mm plane of tissue was simulated. Each row represents a different model and the panels in a row show snapshots as time progresses going from left to right. With no ablation line (top row) the depolarization spreads to cover the entire tissue. With an ablation line and a 1.5 mm gap of normal conductivity the depolarization propagates through the gap to cover the entire area. With an ablation line and a 1.3 mm gap of normal conductivity the depolarization does not propagate through the gap area resulting in conduction block.