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Dr. Natalia Trayanova

Natalia Trayanova

Faculty

ntrayanova@jhu.edu

 

Contact Information

Address:

3400 N. Charles St.

216 Computational Science & Engineering Building

Baltimore, MD 21218

 

Phone:  (410) 516-4375 / FAX: (410) 516-5294

E-mailntrayanova@jhu.edu

 

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

Trayanova, N., B. Rodriguez and G. Plank (2006). "What have we learned from mathematical models of defibrillation and postshock arrhythmogenesis? Applications of bidomain simulations." Heart Rhythm in press.

           

Rodriguez, B., N. Trayanova and D. Noble (2006). "Modeling cardiac ischemia." Annals NY Acad. Sci. in press.

 

Burton, R., G. Plank, J. Schneider, V. Grau, H. Ahammer, S. Keeling, J. Lee, N. Smith, D. Gavaghan and N. Trayanova (2006). "Three-dimensional models of individual cardiac histo-anatomy: Tools and challenges." Annals NY Acad. Sci. in press.

           

Bishop, M., B. Rodriguez, N. Trayanova and D. Gavaghan (2006). "Inference of intramural wavefront orientation from optical recordings in realistic whole-heart models." Biophys. J. in press.

 

Trayanova, N. (2006). "Defibrillation of the Heart: Insights into Mechanisms from Modeling Studies." Exper. Physiol. 91(2): 323-337.

 

Rodriguez, B., J. Eason and N. Trayanova (2006). "Differences between left and right ventricular anatomy determine the types of reentrant circuits induced by an external electric shock. A rabbit heart simulation study." Prog. Biophys. & Mol. Biol. 90(1-3): 399-413.

 

Li, W., P. Kohl and N. Trayanova (2006). "Myocardial Ischemia Lowers Precordial Thump Efficacy: An Inquiry into Mechanisms Using 3D Simulations." Heart Rhythm. 3(2): 179-186.

 

Bourn, D. W., R. A. Gray and N. Trayanova (2006). “Characterization of the relationship between preshock state and virtual electrode polarization-induced propagated graded responses resulting in arrhythmia induction.” Heart Rhythm. 3(5):583-95.

 

Kuo, S. and N. Trayanova (2006). " Action potential morphology heterogeneity in the atrium and its effect on atrial reentry: a two-dimensional and quasi-three-dimensional study." Philos. Transact. A Math Phys. Eng. Sci. 364(1843):1349-66.

           

Bourn, D., M. Maleckar, B. Rodriguez and N. Trayanova (2006). "Mechanistic Enquiry into the Effect of Pre-Fibrillatory Conditions on the Upper Limit of Vulnerability." Philos. Transact. A Math Phys. Eng. Sci. 364(1843): 1333-1348.

 

Bishop, M., B. Rodriguez, J. Eason, J. Whiteley, N. Trayanova and D. Gavaghan (2006). "Synthesis of Voltage-Sensitive Optical Signals: Application to Panoramic Optical Mapping." Biophys. J. 90(8): 2938-2945.

Trayanova, N. (2005). "In pursuit of the elusive culprit." Heart Rhythm 2(7): 629-703.

           

Rodriguez, B., L. Li, J. Eason, I. Efimov and N. Trayanova (2005). "Differences between left and right ventricular chamber geometry affect cardiac vulnerability to electric shocks." Circ. Res. 97(2): 168-175.

Ashihara, T. and N. Trayanova (2005). "Cell and tissue responses to electric shocks." Europace 7: S155-S165.

 

Vigmond, E., V. Tsoi, S. Kuo, J. Kneller, S. Nattel and N. Trayanova (2004). "The effect of vagally induced action potential dispersion on atrial arrhythmogenesis." Heart Rhythm 1(3): 334-344.

           

Trayanova, N., W. Li, J. Eason and P. Kohl (2004). "The effect of stretch-activated channels on defibrillation efficacy: A simulation study." Heart Rhythm 1(1): 67-77.

 

Rodriguez, B., B. M. Tice, J. C. Eason, F. Aguel, J. M. J. Ferrero and N. Trayanova (2004). "Effect of acute global ischemia on the upper limit of vulnerability: a simulation study." Am. J. Physiol. 286(6): H2078-H2088.

Rodriguez, B., B. Tice, J. Eason, F. Aguel and N. Trayanova (2004).

 

"Cardiac vulnerability to electric shocks during phase 1A of acute global ischemia." Heart Rhythm 1(6): 695-703.

 

Li, W., P. Kohl and N. Trayanova (2004). "Induction of ventricular arrhythmias following mechanical impact: A simulation study in 3D." J. Molecular Histology 35(7): 679-686.

           

Hillebrener, M., J. Eason and N. Trayanova (2004). "Mechanistic inquiry into decrease in probability of defibrillation success with increase in complexity of preshock reentrant activity." Am. J. Physiol. 286(3): H909-H917.

           

Ashihara, T. and N. Trayanova (2004). "Asymmetry in membrane responses to electric shocks: Insights from bidomain simulations." Biophys. J. 87(4): 2271-2282.

           

Ashihara, T., T. Namba, M. Ito, T. Ikeda, K. Nakazawa and N. Trayanova (2004). "Spiral wave control by a localized stimulus: A bidomain model study." J. Cardiovasc. Electrophys. 15(2): 226-233.

           

Ashihara, T., T. Namba, T. Ikeda, M. Ito, K. Nakazawa and N. Trayanova (2004). "Mechanisms of myocardial capture and temporal excitable gap during spiral wave reentry in a bidomain model." Circulation 109(7): 920-925.

           

Trayanova, N., R. Gray, D. Bourn and J. Eason (2003). "Virtual electrode induced positive and negative graded response: New insights into fibrillation induction and defibrillation." J. Cardiovasc. Electrophys. 14(7): 756-763.

           

Rodriguez, B. and N. Trayanova (2003). "Upper limit of vulnerability in a defibrillation model of the rabbit ventricles." J. Electrocardiol. 36(suppl.): 51-57.

           

Larson, C., L. Dragnev and N. Trayanova (2003). "Analysis of electrically-induced reentrant circuits in a sheet of myocardium." Annals Biomed. Eng. 31(7): 768-780.

           

Hillebrener, M., J. Eason and N. Trayanova (2003). "Postshock arrhythmogenesis in a slice of the canine heart." J. Cardiovasc. Electrophys. 14(10 (suppl.)): S249-S256.

           

Eason, J. and N. Trayanova (2003). "The criterion for ventricular defibrillation: An error or not (Reply to the Editor)." J. Cardiovasc. Electrophys. 14(5): 557.

           

Atkinson, E. and N. Trayanova (2003). "Contact probes for MAP recording: A computational study." Journal of Biological Systems 11(2): 139-160.

           

Aguel, F., J. Eason and N. Trayanova (2003). "Advances in modeling cardiac defibrillation." Int. J. Bifurcations & Chaos 13(12): 3791-3805.

           

Wall, J., K. Skouibine, W. Krassowska and N. Trayanova (2002). "Modeling induction of a rotor in cardiac muscle by perpendicular electric shocks." Med. & Biol. Eng. & Comput. 40(1): 47-55.

           

Vigmond, E., S. Kuo and N. Trayanova (2002). "Action potential duration heterogeneity in a computer model of the atria." International Journal of Bioelectromagnetism 4(2): 15-16.

           

Vigmond, E., F. Aguel and N. Trayanova (2002). "Computational techniques for solving the bidomain equations in three dimensions." IEEE Trans.Biomed. Eng. 49(11): 1260-1269.

 

Trayanova, N., J. Eason and F. Aguel (2002). "Cardiac defibrillation: A look inside the heart." Computing and Visualization in Science 4(4): 259-270.

           

Trayanova, N. and J. Eason (2002). "Shock-induced Arrhythmogenesis in the Myocardium." Chaos 12(3): 962-972.

           

Trayanova, N. (2002). "Are we closer to understanding defibrillation in the whole heart?" Cardiovasc. Electrophys. 13(11): 1128-1130.

           

Meunier, J., J. Eason and N. Trayanova (2002). "Termination of reentry by a long-lasting AC shock in a slice of the canine heart: A computational study." J. Cardiovasc. Electrophys. 13(12): 1253-1262.

 

Eason, J. and N. Trayanova (2002). "Phase singularities and termination of spiral wave reentry." J. Cardiovasc. Electrophys. 13(7): 672-679.

 

Vigmond, E., N. Trayanova and R. Malkin (2001). "Excitation of a cardiac muscle fiber by extracellularly applied sinusoidal current." J. Cardiovasc. Electrophys. 12(10): 1145-1153.

           

Vigmond, E., R. Ruckdeschel and N. Trayanova (2001). "Reentry in a morphologically realistic atrial model." J. Cardiovasc. Electrophys. 12(9): 1046-1054.

 

Trayanova, N. (2001). "Concepts of ventricular defibrillation." Philosophical Trans. Royal Society London 359(1783): 1327-1337.

           

Meunier, J., N. Trayanova and R. Gray (2001). "Entrainment by an extracellular stimulus in a computational model of cardiac tissue." J. Cardiovasc. Electrophys. 12(10): 1176-1184.

           

Lindblom, A., F. Aguel and N. Trayanova (2001). "Virtual electrode polarization leads to reentry in the far field." J. Cardiovasc. Electrophys. 12(8): 946-956.

           

Gray, R., D. Huelsing, F. Aguel and N. Trayanova (2001). "Effect of strength and timing of transmembrane current pulses on isolated ventricular myocytes." J. Cardiovasc. Electrophys. 12(10): 1129-1137.

 

Azene, E., N. Trayanova and E. Warman (2001). "Wavefront-obstacle interactions in cardiac tissue: A computational study." Annals Biomed Eng 29(1): 35-46.

           

Anderson, C. and N. Trayanova (2001). "Success and failure of biphasic shocks: Results of bidomain simulations." Mathematical Biosciences 174(2): 91-109.

           

Skouibine, K., N. Trayanova and P. Moore (2000). "Success and failure of the defibrillation shock: Insights from a simulation study." Journal Cardiovascular Electrophys. 11(7): 785-796.

           

Skouibine, K., N. Trayanova and P. Moore (2000). "A numerically efficient method for simulation of defibrillation in an active bidomain sheet of myocardium." Math. Biosci. 166(1): 85-100.

           

Lindblom, A., B. Roth and N. Trayanova (2000). "Role of virtual electrodes in arrhythmogenesis: pinwheel experiment revisited." J. Cardiovasc. Electrophys. 11(3): 274-285.

           

Efimov, I., F. Aguel, Y. Cheng, B. Wollenzier and N. Trayanova (2000). "Virtual electrode polarization in the far field: implications for external defibrillation." Am. J. Physiol. 279(3): H1055-H1070.

           

Anderson, C., N. Trayanova and K. Skouibine (2000). "Termination of spiral waves with biphasic shocks: The role of virtual electrode polarization." J. Cardiovasc. Electrophys. 11(12): 1386-1396.

 

Skouibine, K., N. Trayanova and P. Moore (1999). "Anode/cathode make and break phenomena in a model of defibrillation." IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 46(y): 769-777.

 

Trayanova, N., F. Aguel and K. Skouibine (1999). "Extension of refractoriness in a model of cardiac defibrillation." Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing’99 4: 240-251.

           

Meunier, J., N. Trayanova and R. Gray (1999). "Sinusoidal stimulation of myocardial tissue: Effects on single cells." J. Cardiovasc. Electrophys. 10(12): 1619-1630.

 

Knisley, S., N. Trayanova and F. Aguel (1999). "Roles of electric field and fiber structure in cardiac electrical stimulation." Biophysical Journal 77(3): 1404-1417.

           

Entcheva, E., N. Trayanova and F. Claydon (1999). "Patterns of and mechanisms for polarization of the heart: A bidomain analysis." IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 46(3): 260-270.

           

Aguel, F., J. Eason, N. Trayanova, G. Siekas and M. Fishler (1999). "Impact of transvenous lead position on active-can ICD defibrillation: A computational Study." PACE 22(1): 158-164.

           

Aguel, F., K. DeBruin, W. Krassowska and N. Trayanova (1999). "Effects of electroporation on the transmembrane potential distribution in a two-dimensional bidomain model of cardiac tissue." J. Cardiovasc. Electrophys. 10(5): 701-714.

           

Trayanova, N., K. Skouibine and P. Moore (1998). "Virtual electrode effects in defibrillation." Biophys. Mol. Biol. 69(2-3): 387-403.

           

Trayanova, N., K. Skouibine and F. Aguel (1998). "The role of cardiac tissue structure in defibrillation." Chaos 8(1): 221-233.

 

Trayanova, N., and K. Skouibine (1998). "Modeling Defibrillation: Effects of Fiber Curvature." J. Electrocardiol. 31(suppl.): 23-29.

           

Eason, J., J. Schmidt, A. Dabasinskas, G. Siekas, F. Aguel and N. Trayanova (1998). "Influence of anisotropy on local and global measures of potential gradient in computer models of defibrillation." Annals Biomed. Eng. 26(5): 840-849.

 

Trayanova, N. and M. A. Bray (1997). "Membrane refractoriness and excitation induced in cardiac fibers by monophasic and biphasic shocks." J. Cardiovasc. Electrophys. 8(7): 745-757.

           

Trayanova, N. (1997). "Effects of the tissue-bath interface on the induced transmembrane potential: a modeling study in cardiac stimulation." Annals Biomed. Eng. 25(5): 783-792.

           

Trayanova, N. (1996). "The role of cardiac tissue anisotropy in the process of defibrillation." Med. & Biol. Eng. & Comput. 34(Supp. 1): 75-76.

           

Trayanova, N. (1996). "Discrete versus syncytial tissue behavior in a model of cardiac stimulation--II: Results of simulation." IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 43(12): 1141-1150.

           

Trayanova, N. (1996). "Discrete versus syncytial tissue behavior in a model of cardiac stimulation--I: Mathematical formulation." IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 43(12): 1129-1140.

 

Trayanova, N. (1994). "An approximate solution to the “periodic” bidomain equations in one dimension." Math. Biosci. 120(2): 189-210.

           

Trayanova, N. (1994). "A bidomain model for ring stimulation of a cardiac strand." IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 41(4): 393-397.

           

Trayanova, N., B. J. Roth and L. J. Malden (1993). "The response of a spherical heart to a uniform electric field: A bidomain analysis of cardiac stimulation." IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 40(9): 899-908.

 

Trayanova, N. and T. Pilkington (1993). "A bidomain model with periodic intracellular junctions. A one-dimensional analysis." IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 40(5): 424-433.

           

Enoka, R. M., N. Trayanova, Y. Laouris, L. Bevan, R. M. Reinking and D. G. Stuart (1992). "Fatigue–related changes in motor unit action potentials of adult cats." Muscle & Nerve 15(2): 138-150.

 

Trayanova, N. and C. S. Henriquez (1991). "Modification of a cylindrical bidomain model for cardiac tissue." Math. Biosci. 104(1): 59-72.

           

Trayanova, N. and C. S. Henriquez (1991). "Examination of the choice of models for computing the extracellular potential of a single fibre in a restricted volume conductor." Med. & Biol. Eng. & Comput. 29(6): 580-584.

           

Popivanov, D., T. Gavrilenko, G. N. Gantchev and N. Trayanova (1991). "Spatio-temporal characteristics of SEP to tibial nerve stimulation." Acta Physiol Pharmacol Bulg 17(2-3): 32-39.

           

Trayanova, N., C. S. Henriquez and R. Plonsey (1990). "Extracellular potentials and currents of a single active fiber in a restricted volume conductor." Annals Biomed. Eng. 18(3): 219-238.

           

Trayanova, N., C. S. Henriquez and R. Plonsey (1990). "Limitations of approximate solutions for computing the extracellular potentials of single fibers and bundle equivalents."  IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 37(1): 22-35.

           

Trayanova, N. (1990). "Equivalent sources for the extracellular potentials of single fibers and bundles." Acta Physiol. Pharmacol. Bulg. 16(1): 3-7.

           

Trayanova, N. (1990). "Electrical behavior of a skeletal muscle fiber in a volume conductor of finite extent." Biol. Cybern. 63(2): 121-125.

 

Henriquez, C. S., N. Trayanova and R. Plonsey (1990). "A planar slab bidomain model for cardiac tissue." Annals Biomed. Eng. 18(4): 367-376.

Gydikov, A., A. Kossev, N. Trayanova and D. Stephanova (1990).

 

"Electrotonic potentials of myelinated nerve fibers." Electromyogr. Clin. Neurophysiol. 30(1): 47-51.

           

Genchev, T., T. Yanev, A. Gydikov and N. Trayanova (1990). "Location of the motor unit electrical axis and determination of the muscle anisotropy ratio." Biol. Cybern. 63(3): 229-236.

           

Trayanova, N. (1989). "Separation of the sodium and potassium currents from an action potential of a single active fiber." Acta Physiol. Pharmacol. Bulg. 15(4): 53-58.

           

Stephanova, D., N. Trayanova, A. Gydikov and A. Kossev (1989). "Extracellular potentials of a single myelinated nerve fiber in an unbounded volume conductor." Biol. Cybern. 61(3): 205-210.

           

Trayanova, N. (1988). "A method for calculation the extracellular potentials from experimentally recorded intracellular potentials of single muscle fibers." Acta Physiol. Pharmacol. Bulg. 14(2).

           

Plonsey, R., C. S. Henriquez and N. Trayanova (1988). "Extracellular (volume conductor) effect on adjoining cardiac muscle electrophysiology." Med. & Biol. Eng. & Comput. 26(2): 126-129.

           

Kossev, A., A. Gydikov, N. Trayanova and N. Radicheva (1988). "Configuration and selectivity of branched EMG-electrodes." Electromyogr. clin. Neurophysiol. 28(7-8): 397-404.

           

Kossev, A., A. Gydikov and N. Trayanova (1988). "Comparison of the different versions of the current source density analysis method in neurophysiological studies." Acta Physiol. Pharmacol. Bulg. 14(2).

 

Henriquez, C. S., N. Trayanova and R. Plonsey (1988). "Potential and current distributions in a cylindrical bundle of cardiac tissue." Biophys. J. 53(6): 907-918.

           

Trayanova, N., A. Gydikov and A. Kossev (1987). "Optimization of the source derivations from the scalp surface."  Acta Physiol. Pharmacol. Bulg.13(2): 60-68.

           

Trayanova, N. and A. Gydikov (1987). "Extracellular potential field caused by the resting potential of a myelinated nerve fiber." Electromyogr. clin. Neurophysiol. 27(4): 203-207.

 

Radicheva, N., N. Trayanova, A. Gydikov and L. Gerilovsky (1987). "Extracellular potential field of unmyelinated active axons." Acta Physiol. Pharmacol. Bulg. 13(2): 22-29.

           

Trayanova, N. and A. Gydikov (1986). "Some features of the extracellular potential field of active single muscle fibres. A model investigation." Electromyogr. clin. Neurophysiol. 26(7): 613-622.

           

Gydikov, A. and N. Trayanova (1986). "Extracellular potentials of single active muscle fibres: Effects of finite fiber length." Biol. Cybern. 53(6): 363-372.

Gydikov, A., A. Kossev, N. Trayanova and N. Radicheva (1986). "Selective recording of motor unit potentials." Electromyogr. clin. Neurophysiol. 26(4): 273-281.

           

Gydikov, A., D. Kosarov, A. Kossev, K. Kostov, N. Trayanova and N. Radicheva (1986). "Motor unit potentials at high muscle activity recorded by selective electrodes." Biomed. Biochim. Acta 45(1-2): S63-68.

           

Gydikov, A., L. Gerilovsky, N. Radicheva and N. Trayanova (1986). "Influence of the muscle fibre end geometry on the extracellular potentials." Biol. Cybern. 54: 1-8.

           

Trayanova, N., N. Radicheva, A. Gydikov, A. Kossev and I. Iliev (1985). "Dependence of the total ionic current on the temperature during action potential of a frog muscle fibre." Comp. rend. Acad. Bulg. Sci. 38: 1235-1238.

           

Trayanova, N. (1985). "Influence of the fiber end on the calculated extracellular potentials of single muscle fibers." Electromyogr. clin. Neurophysiol. 25(6): 443-451.

           

Radicheva, N., N. Trayanova, A. Gydikov, K. Kostov and A. Kossev (1985). "Changes in the total ionic current of frog muscle fibre action potential under continuous activity." Comp. rend. Acad. Bulg. Sci. 38: 1081-1084.

 

Gydikov, A., L. Gerilovsky, N. Radicheva and N. Trayanova (1985). "Relations between the shapes of different muscle potentials. Experimental and model investigations." Acta Physiol. Pharmacol. Bulg. 11(4): 33-41.

           

Trayanova, N. and G. Dimitrov (1983). "Mathematical models of the extracellular potentials generated by excitable fibers in a volume conductor." Electromyogr. clin. Neurophysiol. 23(1-2): 123-137.

           

Trayanova, N. and G. Dimitrov (1982). "Extracellular potentials in the proximity of the excitable fibers." Electromyogr. clin. Neurophysiol. 22(4): 291-301.

Conference Proceedings          

Gangaputra, S. and D. Geman (2006). A Design Principle for Coarse-to-Fine Classification. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), New York, New York.

           

Arevalo, H. and N. Trayanova (2006). Maintenance of ventricular fibrillation in heterogeneous ventricle. IEEE International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), New York, New York.

           

Bishop, M., B. Rodriguez, R. Blake, N. Trayanova and D. Gavaghan (2006). Modulation of shock-end virtual electrode polarization as a direct result of 3D fluorescent scattering. IEEE International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), New York, New York.

           

Jie, X., B. Rodríguez, R. Blake and N. Trayanova (2006). Role of cellular uncoupling in arrhythmodenesis in ischemia phase 1B. IEEE International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), New York, New York.

           

Gurev, V., M. Maleckar and N. Trayanova (2006). Role of mechano-electric feedback in postshock arrhymogenesis. IEEE International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), New York, New York.

           

Maharaj, T., B. Rodriguez, R. Blake, N. Trayanova and D. Gavaghan (2006). Transmural electrophysiological heterogenerities in action potential duration increase the upper linit of vulnerability. IEEE International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), New York, New York.

           

Rodriguez, B., B. Tice, R. Blake, D. Gavaghan and N. Trayanova (2006). Vulnerability to electric shocks in the regionally-ischemic ventricles. IEEE International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), New York, New York.

 

Trayanova, N. and B. Rodriguez (2005). Changes in rabbit heart vulnerability during phase 1A of acute global ischemia. Advances in Electrocardiology: 31st International Congress on Electrocardiology, Kyoto, Japan.

           

Jie, X., B. Rodriguez and N. Trayanova (2005). The ischemic heart: what causes ectopic beating? 27th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Shanghai, China.

           

Ashihara, T. and N. Trayanova (2005). Mechanisms of shock-induced arrhythmogenesis: Role of tissue discontinuity and electroporation in the initiation of focal repetitive postshock activations. Advances in Electrocardiology: 31st International Congress on Electrocardiology, Kyoto, Japan.

 

Ashihara, T. and N. Trayanova (2005). Shock-induced changes in transmembrane potential: What is the asymmetry due to? Insights from bidomain simulations. Advances in Electrocardiology: 31st International Congress on Electrocardiology, Kyoto, Japan.

           

Trayanova, N., J. Eason and M. Hillebrenner (2004). Defibrillation of arrhythmias of increased complexity. Second International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Innsbruck, Austria.

           

Rodriguez, B., J. Eason, B. Tice, J. M. J. Ferrero and N. Trayanova (2003). Effect of acute global ischemia on cardiac vulnerability to electrical shocks. 25th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Cancun, Mexico.

 

Vigmond, E., S. Kuo and N. Trayanova (2002). The role of vagal stimulation on atrial arrhythmogenesis. Second Joint EMBS-BMES Conference-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Houston, Texas.

 

Trayanova, N., R. Ideker, W. Li, J. Newman, J. Eason and P. Kohl (2002). Effects of mechanoelectric feedback on defibrillation threshold. Third International Workshop on Cardiac Mechano-electric feedback and arrhythmias, Oxford, UK.

           

Trayanova, N. and J. Eason (2002). Post-shock electrical behavior in the heart. 2nd European Medical & Biological Engineering Conference (EMBEC), Vienna, Austria.

           

Li, W., J. Eason, P. Kohl and N. Trayanova (2002). The influence of stretch-activated channels on defibrillation. Second Joint EMBS-BMES Conference-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Houston, Texas.

           

Larson, C., L. Dragnev, J. Eason and N. Trayanova (2002). Analysis of electrically-induced reentrant circuits using non-linear dynamics tools. Second Joint EMBS-BMES Conference-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Houston, Texas.

           

Eason, J., M. Hillebrenner, C. Campbell and N. Trayanova (2002). Assessing shock efficacy as a function of arrhythmia complexityin a slab of the canine heart. Second Joint EMBS-BMES Conference-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Houston, Texas.

           

Aguel, F., C. Campbell and N. Trayanova (2002). Biphasic defibrillation in a model of the rabbit heart. Second Joint EMBS-BMES Conference-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Houston, Texas.

           

Vigmond, E., F. Aguel and N. Trayanova (2001). Computationally efficient method for solving the bidomain equations in 3D. 23rd IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Istanbul, Turkey.

           

Eason, J. and N. Trayanova (2001). Phase singularities and termination of spiral wave reentry. 23rd IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Istanbul, Turkey.

           

Wall, J., N. Trayanova, K. Skouibine and W. Krassowska (1999). Modeling induction of reentry with a realistic S2 stimulus. First Joint EMBS-BMES Conference-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Atlanta, Georgia.

           

Roth, B. J., A. Lindblom and N. Trayanova (1999). Critical point theory versus the bidomain model for reentry induction. First Joint EMBS-BMES Conference-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Atlanta, Georgia.

           

Azene, E. and N. Trayanova (1999). Wavefront-obstacle interactions: A computational study. Computers in Cardiology.

           

Aguel, F., N. Trayanova, G. Siekas, J. Eason, M. Fishler and A. Street (1999). Virtual electrodes induced throughout bulk myocardium by ICD defibrillation. First Joint EMBS-BMES Conference-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Atlanta, Georgia.

           

Trayanova, N. and K. Skouibine (1998). Termination of reentrant activations with defibrillation shocks: A model study. Electrocardiology, Singapore, World Scientific.

 

Trayanova, N. (1998). The Role of Virtual Sources in Defibrillation. International Workshop on Computer Simulation and Experimental Assessment of Electrical Cardiac Function.

           

Skouibine, K., N. Trayanova and P. Moore (1998). Success and failure of the defibrillation shock: Does it depend on the fiber field? 20th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Hong Kong Sar, China.

           

Azene, E., N. Trayanova and E. Warman (1998). Fibrillation in a two-dimensional sheet of atrial myocardium: A computational study of wavefront-obstacle interactions. IEEE Computers in Cardiology, Cleveland, Ohio.

           

Skouibine, K., N. Trayanova and P. Moore (1997). Reorganization and termination of a spiral wave reentry following a defibrillation shock. 19th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Hong Kong Sar, China.

           

Parry, J. T. and N. Trayanova (1997). Defibrillation-shock excitation in a single cardiac fiber. 19th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Hong Kong Sar, China.

           

Aguel, F., N. Trayanova, J. Eason, G. Siekas, M. Fishler and R. Malkin (1997). Impact of endocardial lead position on transvenous defibrillation efficacy: A simulation study. IEEE Computers in Cardiology, Lund, Sweden.

           

Trayanova, N. and M. A. Bray (1996). Wavefront termination with monophasic and biphasic Shocks: A simulation study. 18th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Hong Kong Sar, China.

           

Trayanova, N. and W. Krassowska (1995). Virtual electrode effects in a bidomain model with electroporating membrane. 18th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Montreal, Canada.

           

Trayanova, N., J. Eason and C. S. Henriquez (1995). Electrode polarity effects on the shock induced transmembrane potential distribution in the canine heart. 18th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Montreal, Canada.

           

Trayanova, N. (1994). Virtual electrode effects in a model of cardiac stimulation. 16th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Baltimore, Maryland.

           

Trayanova, N. and B. Roth (1993). Mechanisms for cardiac stimulation. 15th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), San Diego, California.

           

Trayanova, N. (1993). Transmembrane potential changes during stimulation in a bidomain model of the myocardium. IEEE Computers in Cardiology.

           

Roth, B. and N. Trayanova (1993). Electrical stimulation in a time-dependent, passive bidomain. 15th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), San Diego, California.

           

Eason, J. and N. Trayanova (1993). The effects of fiber curvature in a bidomain tissue with irregular boundaries. 15th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), San Diego, California.

           

Trayanova, N. and B. Roth (1992). Cardiac tissue in an electric field: A study of electrical stimulation. IEEE Computers in Cardiology.

           

Trayanova, N. and T. Pilkington (1992). Current Stimulation In A Two-dimensional Periodic Bidomain. 14th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Paris, France.

           

Pollard, A., N. Trayanova and C. S. Henriquez (1992). A Comparison of iterative methods for the determination of the interstitial potential distribution with the bidomain model. 14th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Paris, France.

           

Trayanova, N., T. Pilkington and C. S. Henriquez (1991). A periodic bidomain model for cardiac tissue. 13th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Orlando, Florida.

           

Schmidt, J., N. Trayanova and T. Pilkington (1990). The effect of variable thickness skeletal muscle on body surface potentials using an eccentric spheres model. 12th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

           

Henriquez, C. S. and N. Trayanova (1990). A planar slab propagation model for cardiac tissue. 12th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

           

Henriquez, C. S., N. Trayanova and R. Plonsey (1988). Source distribution in multicellular preparations. 10th  IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), New Orleans, Louisiana.

           

Radicheva, N., N. Trayanova, A. Gydikov and V. Kolev (1987). Dependence of the extracellular action potentials on the extracellular ionic concentration. Fourth International Conference on Water and Ions in Biological Systems, Bucharest, Romania.

 

Book Chapters

Rodriguez, B., N. Trayanova and D. Gavaghan (2005). Role of shock timing in cardiac vulnerability to electric shocks. Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (APICE), Proceedings of the 20th Postgraduate Course in Critical Care Medicine, Trieste, Italy.

 

Trayanova, N., F. Aguel, C. Larson and C. Haro (2004). Modeling cardiac defibrillation: An inquiry into post-shock dynamics. Cardiac Electrophysiology: From Cell to Bedside. Zipes and Jalife: 282-291.

 

Trayanova, N., J. Eason, C. Anderson and F. Aguel (2002). Computer modeling of defibrillation II: Why does the shock fail? Quantitative Cardiac Electrophysiology. C. Cabo and D. Rosenbaum. New York, Marcel Dekker: 235-256.

 

Trayanova, N. (2001). Induction of reentry and defibrillation: The role of virtual electrodes. Computer Simulation and Experimental Assessment of Cardiac Function. N. Virag, L. Kappenberger and O. Blanc, Futura Publishing Co: 165-172.

 

Trayanova, N., L. Malden and E. Atkinson (1999). Computer model of MAP genesis. Monophasic Action Potentials: Bridging Cell and Bedside. M. Franz: 47-69.

 

Trayanova, N., and T. Pilkington (1993). The use of spectral methods in bidomain studies. High-Performance Computing in Biomedical Engineering. T. Pilkington, B. Loftis, J. Thompson, S. Woo, T. Palmer and T. Budinger, CRC Press: 403-426.