Periodic Reporting for period 1 - Optoheart (All-optical framework for the correlative imaging of cardiac meso-scale cytoarchitecture and multi-scale electrical conduction)

Millions of people are affected by abnormal heartbeats, or arrhythmias. Advances in understanding the precise conditions which promote the formation of arrhythmias will be vital to develop treatment strategies. Cardiac muscle cells need to act synchronously to an initiating...