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L Nordgren

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An off-line system for in-time analysis of cardiac catheterization data and for establishment of a cardiological database for retrospective studies.

The system described may be divided in two major parts: (i) automatic analysis of cardiac catheterization data running off-line on a Siemens 305 computer; (ii) storage and retrieval of the results from these analyses and additional data from related departments (thoracic surgery, internal medicine and clinical physiology) in a cardiological database on an IBM 370/155 computer. The first part is described with special regard to (i) operation and control during the phases of data collection, pre-processing, processing and storage of results; (ii) the presentation of the results in a complete and readable form and (iii) the modular design of the software. The results of an evaluation of the computer methods versus manual methods are also presented. The second part has been described with regard to the type of data entered in the cardiological database. The structure of the database and the programs used for storage and retrieval have not been described in detail in the present publication.

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Resection of lef ventricular aneurysm-late results.

A survey of 22 patients operated on with left ventricular (LV) infarctectomy during 1967-72 is given. Clinical, haemodynamic and angiographic results are discussed. In most patients, in whom pre- and postoperative examination was possible, there was improvement concerning anginal pain, dyspnoea and attacks of ventricular tachycardia. Exercise studies revealed a lower heart rate at follow-up. In general, heart size had decreased. Angiographically, there was a decrease in end-diastolic and end-systolic heart volume postoperatively, with an increased LV ejection fraction.

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Mode of spontaneous onset and termination of supraventricular tachyarrhythmias.

ECG tracings from 16 patients with spontaneous onset and/or termination of supraventricular tachyarrhythmias (SVTA) were studied. Of these recordings, 13 were made with a special technique which gives a high resolution of the atrial waves. At the onset of SVTA, the first atrial wave invariably had an aberrant configuration. The coupling index (coupling interval (P-1P) preceding cycle length) was 0.05 or less in 9 of 16 cases but more than 0.60 in 4 cases. In the 5 cases of onset of atrial fibrillation, the intervals between the first few atrial waves corresponded to a frequency of 300-350 per minute. Acceleration of the atrial activity occurred within the first 30 seconds. At the termination of SVTA, no successive modification of the atrial activity was found. The termination often did not occur at or shortly after a QRS complex. It is concluded that a premature atrial beat--even a single one--with a short coupling interval may well intiate a circus-movement SVTA, while an ectopic atrial beat with a long coupling interval apparently must be followed by repeated rapid discharges from the ectopic focus in order for SVTA to ensue. The functional conditions of the atria may then determine which kind of SVTA eventually results.

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