A semi-automatic method to construct atrial fibre structures: A tool for atrial simulations

Fibre structure and anisotropy is a determinant issue to provide accurate simulations of the electrical activity of atrial tissue. Though, atrial fibre architecture remains unreachable to standard imagery techniques on patients. A method to construct models of the fibre architecture on patient-specific geometries is then a key for numerical simulations of atrial tissues. Such a method is proposed. Pathological and non pathological patient specific surface models of the left atria (LA) are defined. Hence, a pathological scenario is explored : a mechanism of micro-reentry in the left superior pulmonary vein (LSPV) and its interaction with the sinus rhythm (SR).