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Mathematical Modeling Of Dc Cardiac Ablation, Sowmya Reddy Narala

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This thesis presents a mathematical modeling of the cardiac DC ablation procedure. The model treats the procedure as a one dimensional heat transfer phenomenon taking place across the thickness of the myocardium. The model further considers a constant 37 oC for one of the boundary condition of the affected tissue, and the temperature of the other boundary condition is set to be a time dependent square-pulse variations. The parameters defining this time dependent boundary condition is used to perform parametric studies to predict tissue temperature at different depth of the myocardium. The initial condition of the myocardium prior to the …