Blanca Rodriguez: Publications

[1]	An investigation into the role of the optical detection set-up in the recording of cardiac optical mapping signals: a Monte Carlo simulation study. Bishop MJ, Bub G, Garny A, Gavaghan D, Rodriguez B Physica D, 2009. Details \| BibTeX

[2]	Arrhythmogenesis in the heart: Multiscale modeling of the effects of defibrillation shocks and the role of electrophysiological heterogeneity. Arevalo, H, Rodríguez, B and Trayanova, N Chaos, Vol. 17, No. 1, pages 015103. 2007. Details \| BibTeX

[3]	Cardiac vulnerability to electric shocks during phase 1A of acute global ischemia. Rodríguez, B et al. Heart Rhythm, Vol. 1, No. 6, pages 695-703. 2004. Details \| BibTeX

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Chaste: A test-driven approach to software development for biological modelling

J Pitt-Francis, P Pathmanathan, MO Bernabeu, R Bordas, J Cooper, AG Fletcher, GR Mirams, P Murray, JM Osborne, A Walter, SJ Chapman, A Garny, I van Leeuwen, PK Maini, B RodrÃguez, SL Waters, JP Whiteley, HM Byrne, DJ Gavaghan

Computer Physics Communications, Vol. (in press). 2009.

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Chaste: Incorporating a Novel Multiscale Spatial and Temporal Algorithm into a Large Scale Open Source Library

Bernabeu MO, Bordas R, Pathmanathan P, Pitt-Francis J, Cooper J, Garny A, Gavaghan DJ, Rodriguez B, Southern JA, Whiteley JP

Phil Trans Roy Soc (A), Vol. 367, No. 1895, pages 1907-1930. May 2009.

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Chaste: a test-driven approach to software development for biological modelling

Pitt-Francis J, Pathmanathan P, Bernabeu MO, Bordas R, Cooper J, Fletcher AG, Mirams GR, Murray P, Osbourne JM, Walter A, Chapman J, Garny A, van Leeuwen IM, Maini PK; Rodriguez B, Waters SL, Whiteley JP, Byrne HM, Gavaghan DJ

Computer Physics Communications, 2009.

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Chaste: using agile programming techniques to develop computational biology software

Joe Pitt-Francis, Miguel O. Bernabeu, Jonathan Cooper, Alan Garny, Lee Momtahan, James Osborne, Pras Pathmanathan, Blanca Rodriguez, Jonathan P. Whiteley, David J. Gavaghan

Phil Trans Roy Soc A, Vol. 366, No. 1878, pages 3111-3136. 2008.

Details | BibTeX | DOI (10.1098/rsta.2008.0096)

[8]	Differences between left and right ventricular anatomy determine the types of reentrant circuits induced by an external electric shock. A rabbit heart simulation study. Rodríguez, B, Eason, JC and Trayanova, N Prog Biophys Mol Biol, Vol. 90, No. 1-3, pages 399-413. 2006. Details \| BibTeX

[9]	Differences between left and right ventricular chamber geometry affect cardiac vulnerability to electric shocks. Rodríguez, B et al. Circ Res, Vol. 97, No. 2, pages 168-75. 2005. Details \| BibTeX

[10]	Effect of acute global ischemia on the upper limit of vulnerability: a simulation study. Rodríguez, B et al. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Vol. 286, No. 6, pages H2078-88. 2004. Details \| BibTeX

[11]	Effects of pinacidil on reentrant arrhythmias generated during acute regional ischemia: a simulation study. Trénor, B et al. Ann Biomed Eng, Vol. 33, No. 7, pages 897-906. 2005. Details \| BibTeX

[12]

Generation of histo-anatomically representative models of the individual heart: tools and application.

Plank G, Burton RAB, Hales P, Bishop MJ, Mansoori T, Bernabeu MO, Garny A, Prassl AJ, Bollensdorff C, Mason F, Mahmood F, Rodriguez B, Grau V, Schneider J, Gavaghan DJ, Kohl P

Phil Trans Roy Soc, 2009.

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[13]	High Performance Computer Simulations of Cardiac Electrical Function based on MRI datasets Michal Plotkowiak, Blanca Rodriguez, Gernot Plank, Jurgen E. Schneider, David Gavaghan, Peter Kohl, Vicente Grau 2008. Details \| BibTeX

[14]	Impact of ionic current variability on human ventricular cellular electrophysiology Romero L, Pueyo E, Fink M, Rodriguez B American Journal of Physiology, 2009. Details \| BibTeX

[15]	Inference of intramural wavefront orientation from optical recordings in realistic whole-heart models. Bishop, MJ et al. Biophys J, Vol. 91, No. 10, pages 3957-8. 2006. Details \| BibTeX

[16]	Mechanistic enquiry into the effect of increased pacing rate on the upper limit of vulnerability. Bourn, DW et al. Philos Transact A Math Phys Eng Sci, Vol. 364, No. 1843, pages 1333-48. 2006. Details \| BibTeX

[17]	Mechanistic investigation into the arrhythmogenic role of transmural heterogeneities in regional ischaemia phase 1A. Tice, BM et al. Europace, Vol. 9 Suppl 6, pages vi46-vi58. 2007. Details \| BibTeX

[18]	Mechanistic investigation of extracellular K+ accumulation during acute myocardial ischemia: a simulation study. Rodriguez, B, Ferrero, JM Jr and Trenor, B Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Vol. 283, No. 2, pages H490-500. 2002. Details \| BibTeX

[19]	Modeling cardiac ischemia. Rodríguez, B, Trayanova, N and Noble, D Ann N Y Acad Sci, Vol. 1080, pages 395-414. 2006. Details \| BibTeX

[20]	Multiscale modelling of drug-induced effects on cardiac electrophysiological activity Brennan T, Fink M, Rodriguez B European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2009. Details \| BibTeX

[21]	Photon scattering effects in optical mapping of propagation and arrhythmogenesis in the heart. Bishop, MJ et al. J Electrocardiol, Vol. 40, No. 6 Suppl, pages S75-80. 2007. Details \| BibTeX

[22]	Reentry in Survived Subepicardium Coupled to Depolarized and Inexcitable Midmyocardium: Insights into Arrhythmogenesis in Ischemia Phase 1B Jie X, Rodriguez B, de Groot J, Coronel R, Trayanova N Heart Rhythm, 2008. Details \| BibTeX

[23]	Synthesis of voltage-sensitive optical signals: application to panoramic optical mapping. Bishop, MJ et al. Biophys J, Vol. 90, No. 8, pages 2938-45. 2006. Details \| BibTeX

[24]	The Role of Photon Scattering in Optical Signal Distortion during Arrhythmia and Defibrillation. Bishop, MJ et al. Biophys J, Vol. 93, No. 10, pages 3714-26. 2007. Details \| BibTeX

[25]	The role of transmural ventricular heterogeneities in cardiac vulnerability to electric shocks. Maharaj, T et al. Prog Biophys Mol Biol, 2007. Details \| BibTeX

[26]	Upper limit of vulnerability in a defibrillation model of the rabbit ventricles. Rodríguez, B, Trayanova, N J Electrocardiol, Vol. 36 Suppl, pages 51-6. 2003. Details \| BibTeX

[27]	What have we learned from mathematical models of defibrillation and postshock arrhythmogenesis? Application of bidomain simulations. Trayanova, N, Plank, G and Rodríguez, B Heart Rhythm, Vol. 3, No. 10, pages 1232-5. 2006. Details \| BibTeX