Principal investigators
Research interests
Research in this area is focused on the structure of the heart and how this influences
both the spread of cardiac electrical activation and the mechanical performance
of the heart. Current projects include a quantitative analysis of the architecture
of muscle fibre layers in the heart and the role of cardiac connective tissue in
this organization. An innovative imaging system is being developed to study the
deformation of these structures under both passive and active mechanical loading.
These studies will provide new insight into the way in which stress and deformation
are distributed through the walls of the normal and abnormal heart.
