Voltage Surface on Heart - 2 (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Voltage Surface on Heart - 2

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Images show the voltage surface on a rabbit heart with and without HCQ. Without the drug (normal) the electrical activation spreads homogeneously, while with HCQ, waves propagate unevenly, generating complex spatiotemporal patterns and arrhythmias.

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Georgia Tech School of Physics

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