The actions of norepinephrine and isopropyl norepinephrine on the rhythnic plroperty of the heart were studied and compared with that of epinephrine. Norepinephrine does not abolish cardiac stan(1still byr carotid sinus stimulation, has no effect on the ventricular rate of heart block and induces a sinus bradyeardia. Isopropyl norepinephrine acts similarly to epinephrine in that it abolishes th...

UNLABELLED Patients presenting in cardiac arrest frequently have poor outcomes despite heroic resuscitative measures in the field. Many emergency medical systems have protocols in place to stop resuscitative measures in the field; however, further predictors need to be developed for cardiac arrest patients brought to the emergency department (ED). OBJECTIVE To examine the predictive value of ...

In this paper we present the results of a time-domain identification procedure to estimate the linear parameters of a salient-pole synchronous machine at standstill. A new approach is proposed for the estimation of synchronous machine coupled to DC-chopper and Pseudo Random Binary Sequences excitations; using data recorded during steady-state operation of the chopper-machine unit. This procedur...

The paper proposed a fast motion estimation algorithm based on the spatial homogeneity and temporal standstill of video sequences. It classified a frame into different regions such as standstill, stationary or dynamic region. For MBs lying in the standstill region, motion estimation is skipped; for MBs lying in the stationary region, motion estimation is applied once to an MB in the region, and...

• Cardioversion is now widely accepted as the method of choice for terminating a number of atrial, nodal and ventricular arrhythmias." The technique consists of administering from a capacitor a specific underdamped monophasic electrical pulse across the intact chest. When the heart is exposed to electrical energy, there is a risk of producing ventricular fibrillation. With this new technique, s...

Alterations in distribution, density, and properties of cardiac gap junctions, which mediate electrical coupling of cardiomyocytes, are considered potentially arrhythmogenic. We recently reported 2 linked polymorphisms within regulatory regions of the gene for the atrial gap junction protein connexin40 (Cx40) at nucleotides -44 (G-->A) and +71 (A-->G), which were associated with familial atrial...

OBJECTIVE To describe the use of intravenous adenosine to create transient cardiac standstill during balloon dilatation procedures for congenital heart defects. SETTING A tertiary paediatric cardiac centre. DESIGN AND PATIENTS This was a prospective pilot study. Thirteen patients born with congenital heart disease and who had stenotic lesions requiring relief were considered for the techniq...

This paper presents nonlinear optimization based position and speed estimation scheme for IPMSM drives with arbitrary signal injection generated by inherent switching ripples associated with finite control set model predictive control (FCSMPC). The existing standard sensorless techniques are not suitable for FCSMPC which applies voltage vectors directly to an electrical machine without a modula...

A 74-year-old man received oral administration of pilsicainide, a pure sodium channel blocker with slow recovery kinetics, to convert paroxysmal atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm and developed loss of consciousness two days later. The ECG monitoring revealed sinus pause with markedly prolonged PQ interval and QRS width. Two days after the drug was discontinued, the duration of the QRS complex...