Stochastic generation and suppression of early afterdepolarizations in a three‐dimensional model of cardiac action potential

Abstract

The influence of random disturbances on a three‐dimensional simplification of Luo–Rudy model of the cardiac action potential is studied. We show that in the parameter region, where the deterministic model is in the equilibrium regime, noise can trigger large‐amplitude oscillations that correspond with pathological early afterdepolarizations (EADs). For this stochastic excitement, the phenomenon of coherence resonance was discovered. On the contrary, in another parameter zone of the model, noise can suppress EADs. We analyze these stochastic phenomena using the stochastic sensitivity functions technique, Mahalanobis distance, the methods of principal directions, and confidence domains.