Previous chapters are devoted to synchronization phenomena in ensembles of self-oscillatory systems. In this chapter we apply the synchronization theory presented before to describe in detail possible responses of one- and twodimensional excitable media on an external periodic force [392]. This study is especially motivated by the important finding in cardiology that ventricular fibrillation might arise from spiral wave chaos [393]. Ventricular fibrillation is potentially lethal arrhythmia that can result in sudden cardiac death, which is, for example, responsible for 250,000 deaths in the US each year [394].
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(2007). Chains and Lattices of Excitable Luo–Rudy Systems. In: Synchronization in Oscillatory Networks. Springer Series in Synergetics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71269-5_12
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