Why cardiac dynamics?

Cardiac malfunction is one of the most prevalent causes of death in developed countries. About one fourth of us will die of a cardiac disease. Pretty good reason to study it, isn’t it?

Not convinced? Well, it is fun. Instabilities in wave propagation, spiral and scroll patterns, complex geometries, anisotropy, bifurcations to complex rhythms, excitable dynamics, stochastic effects in ionic channels and intracellular calcium, coupling to contraction, mutations... what else is needed? (right, beer).