List of Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Bishop M, Rodriguez B, Qu F, Efimov IR, Gavaghan D, Trayanova N. The role of photom scattering in optical signal distortion during arrhythmia and defibrillation. Biophysical J (accepted).

Tice B*, Rodriguez B*, Eason J, Trayanova N. Mechanistic investigation into the arrhythmogenic role of transmural heterogeneities in regional ischemica phase 1A. Europace, 2007 (accepted). *Equal contribution first authors.

Bishop M, Gavaghan D, Trayanova N, Rodriguez B. Photon scattering effects in optical mapping of propagation and arrhythmogenesis in the heart. J Electrocardiol, 2007 (accepted).

Maharaj T, Gavaghan D Blake R, Trayanova N, Rodríguez B. Role of transmural  heterogeneities in cardiac vulnerability to electric shocks. Prog Biophys Mol Biol, 2007 (accepted).

Arevalo H*, Rodríguez B*, Trayanova N. Arrhythmogenesis in the heart. Insights from multiscale modeling studies. Chaos, 17:015103, 2007 (Figure in journal cover). *Equal contribution first authors.

Bishop M, Rodríguez B, Trayanova N, Gavaghan D. Inference of intramural wavefront orientation from optical recordings in realistic whole-heart models. Biophys J, 91(10):3957-8, 2006.

Rodríguez B, Trayanova N, Noble D. Modeling cardiac ischemia. Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1080:395-414, 2006.

Trayanova N, Plank G, Rodríguez B. What have we learned from mathematical models of defibrillation and postshock arrhythmogenesis? Application to bidomain simulations. Heart Rhythm, Oct;3(10):1232-5, 2006.

Bourn DW, Maleckar MM, Rodríguez B, Trayanova N. Mechanistic insight into the increase in the upper limit of vulnerability for rapid pacing. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng, 15:1333-48, 2006.

Bishop M, Rodríguez B, Eason J, Whiteley J, Trayanova N, Gavaghan D. Synthesis of voltagesensitive optical signals: Application to panoramic optical mapping. Biophys J, 90(8):2938-2945, 2006.

Rodríguez B, Eason J, Trayanova N. Differences between left and right ventricular anatomy determine the types of reentrant circuits induced by an external electric shock. A rabbit heart simulation study. Prog Biophys Mol Bio, 90(1-3):399-413, 2006.

Rodríguez B, Li L, Eason J, Efimov IR, Trayanova N. Differences between LV and RV chamber geometry affect cardiac vulnerability to electric shocks. Circ Res, 97:168-175, 2005. (Figure in Journal Cover).

Trénor B, Ferrero JM Jr, Rodríguez B, Montilla F. Effect of pinacidil on reentrant arrhythmias generated during acute myocardial ischemia. Ann Biom Eng 33(7):897-906, 2005.

Rodríguez B, Tice B, Eason J, Aguel F, Trayanova N. Cardiac vulnerability to electric shocks during phase 1A of acute global ischemia. Heart Rhythm, 1(6):695-703, 2004.

Rodríguez B, Tice B, Eason JC, Aguel F, Ferrero JM Jr, Trayanova N. Effect of acute global ischemia on the upper limit of vulnerability. Am J Physiol, 286:H2078-H2088, 2004.

Rodríguez B, Trayanova N. Upper limit of vulnerability in a defibrillation model of the rabbit ventricles. J Electrocardiol 36 (Suppl): 51-56, 2003.

Ferrero JM Jr, Trénor B, Rodríguez B, Sáiz J. Electrical activity and reentry during acute regional myocardial ischemia: insights from simulations. Int J Bif Chaos. 13:1-13, 2003.

Rodríguez B, Ferrero JM Jr, Trenor B. Mechanistic investigation of extracellular K+ accumulation during acute myocardial ischemia. Am J Physiol 283: H490-H500, 2002.