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For over one hundred years, medical doctors and basic scientists have sought to understand the fundamental principles underlying cardiac arrhythmias. Their research has been driven by a tremendous medical need: cardiac arrhythmias have been the major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide with sudden cardiac death taking hundred thousands of lives every year. According to recent data from the World Health Organization, cardiovascular diseases are the most significant medical challenge of the 21st century.
Despite decades of research, however, fundamental scientific questions remain unanswered. Fifty years ago, it was postulated that cardiac arrhythmias are driven by vortex-like rotating waves inside the heart. Understanding the dynamics of these waves and their molecular underpinnings would answer the questions why and when arrhythmias occur and how they might be cured. This seminal and highly influential theoretical and experimental work has inspired generations of basic scientists and clinicians. This conference brings together leading scientists in the field that will that will provide exciting insights into the quest to understand and treat cardiac arrhythmias, from basic research of pattern formation in excitable media to promising first clinical applications.
Prof. Dr. Leon Glass (Department of Physiology, McGill University, Canada)
Prof. Dr. Igor Efimov (Department of Bioengineering, George Washington University, USA)
Prof. Dr. Gerd Hasenfuss (Clinic of Cardiology, University Medical Center, Goettingen)
Prof. Dr. Stefan Luther, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Parlitz (Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Goettingen)
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
06/30/2019 12:00 - 07/02/2019 17:30
Registration deadline:
06/17/2019
Event venue:
Am Faßberg 11
37077 Göttingen
Niedersachsen
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Medicine, Physics / astronomy
Types of events:
Conference / symposium / (annual) conference
Entry:
06/28/2019
Sender/author:
Carolin Hoffrogge
Department:
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
no
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event64142
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