I just started a simulation that will generate approximately 49 GB of data. I have at least 8 more like it to run. Yikes.
Category Archives: Cardiac Electrophysiology
What is preeclampsia?
Preeclampsia was mentioned during a talk I sat in on today. I had heard the term before, but either never knew or forgot what it meant. I just looked it up. According to Wikipedia,
Pre-eclampsia (previously called toxemia) is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy. It is said to exist when a pregnant woman with gestational hypertension develops proteinuria. Originally, edema was considered part of the syndrome of pre-eclampsia, but presently the former two symptoms are sufficient for a diagnosis of pre-eclampsia.
And in case you’re wondering about proteinurea,
Proteinuria (from protein and urine) means the presence of an excess of serum proteins in the urine.
Edema basically means your tissue is full of (extra) water, and I trust the drug companies have made you aware of the meaning of hypertension.
Article Outline: Internal Cardiac Defibrillation Threshold: Effects of Acute Ischemia by Jones et al.
This was kind of interesting, but it doesn’t show very much. The main conclusion that I got from it was that large regions of coronary occlusion lead to death within 30 minutes, but I don’t think that’s really what they were trying to find or show.
The Cite-U-Like page is here. The rest is below the fold.
Article Outline: Mapping of left ventricular blood flow with radioactive microspheres in experimental coronary artery occlusion by Becker et al.
Outline below the fold…
Article Outline: Ischemic Ventricular Fibrillation: The Importance of Being Spontaneous by Ouyang et al.
I outline the bits of papers I find interesting for reference. I’m going to try posting some of these outlines in the hopes that someone finds them useful. It’s very easy for me to export them from FreeMind. The article is Ischemic Ventricular Fibrillation: The Importance of Being Spontaneous(Cite-U-Like) by Ouyang et al.