Using a judicious spatial shape of input current pulses (and electrodes), responses of an excitable system (FitzHugh-Nagumo) appear as unidirectional pulses (UDP's) instead of bidirectional ones (in one dimension) or circular ones (in two dimensions). The importance of the UDP's for a possible mechanism for pinpointing the reentry cycle position and for a possible use in tachycardia suppression is discussed.
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