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. 2020 Jan 24;11:512. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-14039-8

Fig. 9. Heart failure increases SAN impairment caused by Nav blockade in computer simulations.

Fig. 9

a Geometry of the 2D computer model with unexcitable fibrosis elements shown in light blue. b Action potentials (AP) and their derivatives (dV/dt) show different electrophysiologic (EP) characteristics of SAN, SACP, and RA cells in the current model. Table results displaying combinations of adenosine dose and the percentage of sodium current (INa) block in terms of cycle length, SACT, and threshold of SAN pacemaking and conduction impairment in control model (c) and HF model (d). Ado adenosine, HF heart failure, SACP sinoatrial conduction pathway, SACT sinoatrial conduction time, SAN, sinoatrial node, SCL sinus cycle length.