A study on cardiac action potential and the electrical properties of human body using an electromagnetic simulation with the human body

Abstract

In this study, the relationship between the action potential in vivo and body fat percentage is clarified using an electromagnetic simulation of the human body. In general, it has been considered that there is a negative correlation between body fat percentage and the bioelectric potential observed. However, regarding consideration using the actual human body, systematic consideration was difficult because body fat percentage changes in conjunction with body type. Therefore, by using the electromagnetic simulation while fixing the form of the human body model, we changed only the body fat percentage by substituting the electrical properties of the human tissues, and the relationship between cardiac action potential observed and body fat percentage was investigated. As a result, the body fat percentage dependence of the observed action potential is small, and it became clear that dependence on body type is dominant.