This report describes a patient with an epicardial demand pacing system in whom pacing failure two months after implantation was found to be due to a fracture of the helical wire electrode within its supporting structure. We know of no report of this site of failure of a Cordis 323-451 or similar electrode.

We report a child who sustained commotio cordis after being struck by a baseball, and offer documentation of the advantages of having readily available access to bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and an automated external defibrillator (AED). We suggest that communities and school districts reexamine the need for accessible AEDs and CPR-trained coaches at organized sporting events f...

We present the results of an experimental study of Haptic Digital Audio Effects with and without force feedback. Participants experienced through a low cost Falcon haptic device two new real-time physical audio effect models we have developed under the CORDIS-ANIMA formalism. The results indicate that the haptic modality changed the user’s experience significantly

Sudden death due to nonpenetrating chest wall impact in the absence of injury to the ribs, sternum and heart is known as commotio cordis. Although once thought rare, an increasing number of these events have been reported. Indeed, a significant percentage of deaths on the athletic field are due to chest wall impact. Commotio cordis is most frequently observed in young individuals (age 4-18 year...

Samarjit Das, Saul R. Powell, Ping Wang, Andras Divald, Kalanithi Nesaretnam, Arpad Tosaki, Gerald A. Cordis, Nilanjana Maulik, and Dipak K. Das Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut; Long Island Jewish Medical Center Campus of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, New York; Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Kuala Lumpur,...

A mother and her two sons with dystrophia myotonica are reported. All three patients had electrocardiographic abnormalities. The mother and one of the sons died. Necropsy revealedfocal myocarditis. It is suggested that myocarditis is a manifestation of the natural history of 'dystrophia myotonica cordis', and that focal myocarditis generally may be a sign of metabolic or degenerative processes ...

This thesis proposes the use of CORDIS-ANIMA physical modeling formalism as a mean of designing musical sound transformations under the concept of instrumental interaction. It provides new results and new discussions in musical signal processing and in the design of digital audio effects. The aim is to investigate the possibilities of physical modeling to provide more “plausible” sound modifica...

A 4-day-old female infant with a partially extrathoracic heart in her supraumbilical abdominal wall (Figure 1A) presented with symptoms of tachypnea and mild cyanosis. Physical examination showed a thoracoabdominal wall defect with thoracoabdominal ectopia cordis. The xyphoid was absent and the sternum was short. Oxygen room air saturation was 85%. Chest x-ray showed dextrocardia and descensus ...