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From: The effect of electrical conductivity of myocardium on cardiac pumping efficacy: a computational study

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Schematic representation of ventricular electromechanical modeling. Left side is electrical components and right side is mechanical components. The electrical components consist of cell membrane Cm as a capacitive component connected in parallel with variable resistances and batteries, representing the ionic currents and pumps. \(I_{\rm{Na}}\) is rapid inward Na+ current, \(I_{\rm{Na,b}}\) \(I_{\rm{Ca,b}}\) is background Na+ and Ca2+ current, \(I_{\rm{Ca,L}}\) is L-type Ca2+ current, \(I_{\rm{Kr}}\) is rapid delayed rectifier \({\rm{K^+}}\) current, \(I_{\rm{Ks}}\) is slow delayed rectifier \({\rm{K^+}}\) current, \(I_{\rm{K1}}\) is inward rectifier \({\rm{K^+}}\) current, \(I_{\rm{Na,Ca}}\) is Na+–Ca2+ exchanger current, \(I_{\rm{p,Ca}}\) is Ca2+ pump current, \(I_{\rm{Na,K}}\) is Na+\({\rm{K^+}}\) pump current, \(I_{\rm{to}}\) is transient outward \({\rm{K^+}}\) current, \(I_{\rm{p,K}}\) is \({\rm{K^+}}\) pump current, \(I_{leak}\) is Ca2+ released current from SR, \(I_{up}\) is SR Ca2+ uptake current, \(I_{rel}\) is Ca2+ induced-Ca2+ released current, \(E_{\rm{Na}}\) is Na+ pump, \(E_{\rm{Ca}}\) is Ca2+ pump, and \(E_K\) is \({\rm{K^+}}\) pump. The mechanical component represented by the myofilament model. \(N_{xB}\) and \(P_{xB}\) are non-permissive and permissive confirmation of regulatory proteins, \(XB_{PreR}\) and \(XB_{PostR}\) are pre-rotated and post-rotated states of myosin head-binding

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