Abstract

In this paper we present a modified bidomain model, derived with homogenization technique from assumption of existence of diffusive inclusions in the cardiac tissue. The diffusive inclusions represent regions without electrically active myocytes, e.g. fat, fibrosis etc. We present the application of this model to a rat heart. Starting from high resolution (HR) MRI, geometry is built and meshed using image processing techniques. We perform a study on the effects of tissue heterogeneities induced with diffusive inclusions on the velocity and shape of the depolarization wavefront. We study several test cases with different geometries for diffusive inclusions, and we find that the velocity might be affected by \(5\%\) and up to \(37\%\) in some cases. Additionally, the shape of the wavefront is affected.

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