Recent Presentations  
 


Igor Efimov, How to fix a broken heart: Modern Bioengineering Approaches to Cardiovascular Diseases, from Molecules to Patientsť, Club Bilingua, Moscow, Russia, September 12,  2007 [Slides]

Igor Efimov, Reentrant Arrhythmias, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Columbus, OH. September 28, 2006 [Video coming soon]

Igor Efimov, Low Voltage Defibrillation, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, CA, July 27, 2006. [Slides, Audio, Video]

Igor Efimov, Imaging Arrhythmias: Toward Painless Defibrillation. Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, October 17, 2005. [Downloadable MPG file - 669 MB file size]

Igor R. Efimov: Cardiac pacing and defibrillation: history and mechanisms of antiarrhythmia therapy, Washington University, MO, September 17, 2004 [slides]

Igor R. Efimov: Cardiac conduction and resistance to ventricular fibrillation in Siberian hibernator Cittelus undulatus: Does the switch from Cx43 to Cx45 improve safety of slow conduction?
Life in Cold, Alaska, July 31, 2004 [slides]

Igor R. Efimov: Mechanisms of stimulation and defibrillation, Cornell University, NY, March 11, 2003 [slides]

Igor R. Efimov: Century of Defibrillation, XII World Congress on Cardiac Pacing & Electrophysiology, Hong Kong, China, February 22, 2003 [slides]

Igor R. Efimov: Restitution hypothesis debate, North American Sociey of Pacing and Electrophysiology, 2002 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, May 9, 2002 [slides]

Igor R. Efimov: The core of reentry, North American Sociey of Pacing and Electrophysiology, 2002 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, May 9, 2002 [slides]

Alex Sambelashvili: Topology of the scroll-wave filaments induced by virtual electrode polarization in 3D bidomain model, Biomedical Engineering Society 2001 Annual Meeting, Durham, NC, USA, October 6, 2001 [slides]

Yuanna Cheng: Effect of Cytochalasin D and 2,3-Butanedione Monoxime on Shock-induced Vulnerability in Rabbit Heart, Biomedical Engineering Society 2001 Annual Meeting, Durham, NC, USA, October 6, 2001 [slides]

Vladimir Nikolski: Anode Break Excitation During End-Diastolic Stimulation is Explained by Half-Cell Double Layer Discharge, Biomedical Engineering Society 2001 Annual Meeting, Durham, NC, USA, October 6, 2001 [slides]

Meghna Gupta: A Demonstration of the Structure-Function Relationship of the Atrio-Ventricular Node using Optical Coherence Tomography and Fluorescent Imaging, North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology 2001 Congress, Boston, USA, May 5, 2001 [slides]

Igor Efimov: Mechanisms of Defibrillation, Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, March 3, 2001 [slides]

Igor Efimov: Fluorescent Imaging of a Dual-pathway conduction system of the AV node. American Heart Association 2000 Congress. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, November 12, 2000 [slides] [Medline]

Igor Efimov: A Century of Fibrillation, CARDIOSTIM 2000 Congress. Nice, FRANCE, June 16, 2000. [slides] [photo]

Igor Efimov: Virtual Electrode Hypothesis of Stimulation of the Heart. Lausanne, Switzerland, December 6, 2000 [slides] [PDF-abstract-2-MB][group photo]


 
  Recent Poster Presentations  
 


Vladimir Nikolski: Connexin 43 Staining Reveals the Substrate for AV-Nodal Dual Pathway Conduction, North American Sociey of Pacing and Electrophysiology, 2002 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, May 9, 2002 [slides]

Alex Sambelashvili: Topology and Dynamics of Virtual Electrode Induced Scroll Wave Reentry , North American Sociey of Pacing and Electrophysiology, 2002 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, May 9, 2002 [slides]