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Electrocardiology '96: From The Cell To The Body Surface: Proceedings Of The Xxiii International Congress On Electroc
(1997)
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Abstract
These proceedings discuss the quantal system with many particles mainly from the theoretical point of view. The topics discussed include the relativistic nuclear many-body problem, perspective in hadron structure, mean-field and semiclassical methods, thermal theories, symmetries and group theoretical methods, and density functional theories.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title\r | iii | ||
| Copyright\r | iv | ||
| PREFACE | v | ||
| CONTENTS | vii | ||
| Rijlant Lecture\r | xxv | ||
| I THE PIERRE RIJLANT LECTURE\r | 1 | ||
| Measuring and Modeling Electrical Activity from the Cardiac Cavities to the Body Surface\r | 3 | ||
| II ELECTROCARDIOGRAPIllC IMAGING: FORWARD AND INVERSE PROBLEMS\r | 11 | ||
| Modelling the Electro-mechanics of the Heart\r | 13 | ||
| The Forward Problem: From Myocardial Activation to Epicardial Potentials\r | 23 | ||
| The Forward Problem: From Heart Models to Body Surface Potentials\r | 33 | ||
| The Inverse Problem: Reconstructing Pericardial Potentials from Body Surface Potentials\r | 43 | ||
| Interpolation Methods for Body Surface Potential Maps and Their Use in the Inverse Reconstruction of Epicardial Potentials\r | 53 | ||
| Design and Development of Tools for Clinical Electrocardiographic Imaging (ECGI)\r | 57 | ||
| Inverse Reconstruction of Endocardial Electrograms and Activation Sequences from Intracavitary Multielectrode Probe Potential Measurements\r | 61 | ||
| Electrocardiographic Imaging for Reconstructing Electrograms and Isochrones, in Addition to Potential Distribution Maps\r | 65 | ||
| Accuracy of Inverse Localization of Preexcitation Sites: A Simulation Study\r | 69 | ||
| Torso Potential Distributions in Rabbits and Dogs Measured and Simulated from Real Epicardial Potentials\r | 73 | ||
| Dynamics of Cardioelectric Fields on the Epicardial and Body Surfaces Generated by Hearts with \"Successive\" and \"Flash\" Types of Ventricular Activation\r | 77 | ||
| III ELECTROCARDIOGRAPIDC FIELDS AND LEAD THEORY\r | 81 | ||
| Appropriate Electrode Placement in Evaluating Varied Cardiac Pathology (Keynote Lecture) | 83 | ||
| Identification of Leads with Independent Discriminant Information in Body Surface Potential Map Dichotomies\r | 93 | ||
| Comparative Study of Hearts' Excitation with Different Types of Their Organization: The Foundation for Solution of the Problems of Cardioelectric Fields Formation\r | 97 | ||
| Transmembrane Potential Changes During Electrical Field Stimulation in Cardiac Papillary Muscle\r | 101 | ||
| Use of Higher Order Moments for Determination of the Physical Separation of Two Electric Dipoles Inside a Human Thorax Model\r | 105 | ||
| Inference of Epicardial Potentials from Multipole-Equivalent Sources Using Aimed Leads\r | 107 | ||
| The Discrimination of Electrically Uncoupled Cardiac Events by Means of a Subminiature Electrode-Array\r | 109 | ||
| Augmentation of Electrical Conduction by Anodal and Biphasic Pacing\r | 113 | ||
| The Effect of Transvenous Defibrillation on Current Through the Lungs\r | 119 | ||
| Quantitative Description of the Cardiac Electric Field in Held Deep Inspiration\r | 123 | ||
| IV INSTRUMENTATION\r | 127 | ||
| Design of an Electro-Physiological Data Acquisition System\r | 129 | ||
| Mapping Electro-Physiological Activity\r | 131 | ||
| Coupled Systems in Electromechanics\r | 135 | ||
| High Resolution P Wave Averaged Electrocardiogram for Evaluation of Patients Prone to Atrial Fibrillation\r | 139 | ||
| QT Measurements Derived by the Epicardia Holter System\r | 143 | ||
| Adaptation of Sign-Detection for Efficient Classification of Rhythms by Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators\r | 147 | ||
| Efficacy of Transesophageal Defibrillation System for Atrial Fibrillation in the Sterile Pericarditis Model | 151 | ||
| Increased Capacitance and Prolonged Waveforms for Internal Atrial Defibrillation (Young Investigators Competition) | 155 | ||
| V MODELLING OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC ACTIVITY\r | 159 | ||
| 3-D Numerical Simulations of the Depolarization Process\r | 161 | ||
| The Eikonal Equation Approach to Modelling Excitation Wavefront Propagation\r | 165 | ||
| 3D Human Torso Modelling for Electrocardiography\r | 169 | ||
| Application of the Visible Human Man Data for Modelling of the Human Thorax as a Volume Conductor\r | 173 | ||
| A Model of Myocardial Activation on a Mechanically Deforming Mesh \r | 177 | ||
| Body Surface Potential Mapping at the Initiation of Ventricular Fibrillation in an Anisotropic Computer Model\r | 181 | ||
| Influence of Myocardial Infarction on the Sequence of Detected Characteristic Events of Ventricular Activation: Results of a Model Study\r | 185 | ||
| Simulation of the Effect of Changes in Ventricular Geometry on the Vectorial Representation of Human Cardiac Electric Field During the Early Postnatal Period: A Model Study\r | 189 | ||
| Mechanism of Dispersion of Transmembrane Potential by Premature Electric Shocks\r | 193 | ||
| Supernormal and Subnormal Conduction Velocity Caused by Ischemic Elevation of Extracellular Potassium: A Model Study\r | 197 | ||
| An Experimental and Computer Modeling Study of the Initiation and Termination of Rotors\r | 201 | ||
| Role of the Cardiac ATP-Sensitive Potassium Current in Ischemia: A Computer Modelling Study\r | 205 | ||
| Effects of Intracellular Calcium Concentration and Intercellular Coupling on Early Afterdepolarizations in Ventricular Myocytes\r | 209 | ||
| Pause-Induced Early Afterdepolarizations in Ventricular Myocytes: Mechanism and Dependence on Cell Type\r | 213 | ||
| VI CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS\r | 217 | ||
| Ionic Processes Undedying the Action Potential\r | 219 | ||
| Early Afterdepolarizations: Mechanisms and Possible Role in Arrhythmias\r | 231 | ||
| Focal Activity: Mechanisms and Possible Role in Arrhythmias\r | 241 | ||
| Connexin 43: Primary Structure, Function, and Regulation by Phi\r | 251 | ||
| Electrophysiological Peculiarities of the Electrocardiographic J Wave: From Hypothermia to Brugada Syndrome\r | 261 | ||
| Early and Delayed Afierdepolarizations in Guinea Pig Ventricular Myocytes Exposed to Low K+ Solutions\r | 265 | ||
| Cellular Mechanisms of T Wave Alternans\r | 269 | ||
| Modulatory Actions of Genistein on Mammalian Cardiac Ionic Channels (Young Investigators Competition)\r | 273 | ||
| Effects of Thapsigargin on Post-Rest Triggered Activity in Hamster Ventricular Muscles\r | 277 | ||
| Mechanical and Arrhythmogenic Effects of Catecholamines in Tilapia Cardiac Tissues\r | 281 | ||
| Contrasting Effects of Acute and Chronic Amiodarone on Myocardial Conduction Slowing\r | 285 | ||
| VII DEVELOPMENTAL ASPECTS AND NEW DIRECTIONS IN UNDERSTANDING CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN\r | 291 | ||
| Introduction to the Minisymposium\r | 293 | ||
| Cellular Ionic Mechanisms: A Developmental Perspective\r | 295 | ||
| Developmental Issues in Cellular Coupling and Nonuniform Anisotropy\r | 305 | ||
| Atrial Activation Sequence Mapping Techniques in the Catheterization Laboratory\r | 315 | ||
| Cardiac Mapping of Intra-atrial Reentry\r | 325 | ||
| Electrocardiographic Features of Atrial Flutter: Differences between Congenital Heart Lesions\r | 333 | ||
| Pre-Excitation without Delta Wave: Unmasking Dual Fascicular-Ventricular Insertion of a Parahissian Bypass Tract by Selective Radiofrequency Ablation\r | 337 | ||
| The Peculiar Age Development of Heart Rate Variability During Childhood\r | 341 | ||
| Periodic and Low-Dimensional Chaotic Components of Heart Rate Variability in Infants at Risk\r | 345 | ||
| Linear and Nonlinear Characteristics of Heart Rhythmicity and Cardiorespiratory Interaction in Puberty During Sleep and Wakefulness \r | 349 | ||
| Time-Domain Signal Averaged Electrocardiography in Newborns: Normal Values\r | 353 | ||
| Circadian ECG and Regulation of Cardiac Rhythm in Healthy Children by 24 Hour Holter Monitoring\r | 357 | ||
| Na+ Channel Gating Defects in an Inherited Form of Long-QT Syndrome\r | 361 | ||
| VIII HOLTER AND NONINVASIVE ELECTROCARDIOLOGY\r | 365 | ||
| Time-Course of Duration and Dispersion of Ventricular Repolarization after Acute Coronary Events\r | 367 | ||
| QT Dispersion is Associated with Ventricular Fibrillation during the Acute Phase of Myocardial Infarction\r | 371 | ||
| The Effect of Sampling Frequency Measurement Error on Spectral Analysis of R-R Intervals\r | 375 | ||
| QT Interval Dispersion Analysis in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: Effect of Reperfusion\r | 379 | ||
| Pre-Implant QT Dispersion is the Best Predictor of Defibrillator Events \r | 383 | ||
| Effects of T-U Patterns on QT Interval Determination\r | 389 | ||
| Prevalence, Electrophysiological Characteristics, Clinical and Prognostic Features of NSVT Detected on Ambulatory Monitoring, in a Non Selected Patients Population: The Maggiore Hospital Data Base\r | 391 | ||
| Heart Rate Variability During Painful Medical Procedures (Percutaneous Ethanol Injection Therapy)\r | 395 | ||
| Clinical Correlations of Nonlinear Dynamics of Heart Period and Ventricular Repolarization in Patients after Myocardial Infarction\r | 399 | ||
| Analysis of Heart Rate Variability Preceding Non-Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia By Holter ECG\r | 403 | ||
| Circadian Variability of Ventricular Late Potentials After Myocardial Infarction\r | 407 | ||
| Vagus Nerve Blocking Effects of a New Anticholinergic Agent, AF-DX116: Investigation by High Frequency Component of Heart Rate Variability | 411 | ||
| Spectral Analysis of Heart Rate Variability Using Wavelet Transforms\r | 415 | ||
| Time-Domain Versus Spectral Turbulence Analysis of the Signal-Averaged ECG in Postinfarction Patients\r | 419 | ||
| Heart Rate Variability in the Early Postoperative Period after Open Heart Surgery\r | 423 | ||
| Reproducibility of Circadian Rhythm of Heart Rate Variability in Miniature Swine\r | 427 | ||
| Signal-Averaged Electrocardiography Directly from Holter MonitorTape in Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias\r | 431 | ||
| Ability of Single Beat Late Potentials to Discriminate Subjects with Coronary Artery Disease and Subjects with Sustained VentricularTachycardia\r | 435 | ||
| Ventricular Late Potentials and Early Detection of Cardiotoxicity during Chemotherapy\r | 439 | ||
| Dynamic Changes of Ventricular Activity in Patients with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia (ARVD)\r | 443 | ||
| IX COMPUTER INTERPRETATION OF THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM\r | 447 | ||
| Introduction to the Minisymposium\r | 449 | ||
| Paediatric ECG Analysis: The Glasgow Approach\r | 451 | ||
| Cardiac Time-Insensitive Predictive Instruments: Real-Time Emergency Clinical Decision Aids and Tools for Retrospective Assessment of Care\r | 461 | ||
| A New Arrhythmia Analysis Program, MAC-RHYTHM, for Resting ECG\r | 471 | ||
| New Trends in Computer Analysis\r | 481 | ||
| X BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING\r | 487 | ||
| Body Surface Potential Mapping as a Tool for Understanding Arrhythmia Vulnerability\r | 489 | ||
| The Follow-Up Study of Departure Isointegral Body Surface Mapping in Thrombolyzed and Non-Thrombolyzed Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction\r | 497 | ||
| Diagnosis and Localization of Old Non-Q Wave Myocardial Infarction by Body Surface Potential Mapping\r | 501 | ||
| Body Surface Mapping in the Ventricular Aneurysm After Myocardial Infarction\r | 503 | ||
| Electrocardiographic Visualization of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Undetectable by Standard Criteria\r | 507 | ||
| Long-Term Study (26 Months) of Vulnerability Index in Myocardial Infarction\r | 511 | ||
| Comparison of Body Surface Isoarea Maps in Patients with Left Bundle Branch Block\r | 515 | ||
| Estimation of the Chosen Parameters of the Body Surface Maps Recorded During Atrial Excitation in Normal Subjects\r | 519 | ||
| Effects of Premature Ventricular Contractions on QRST Isointegral Maps in Children with Atrial Septal Defect\r | 523 | ||
| To Detect Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Complete Right Bundle Branch Block Using Body Surface Mapping\r | 527 | ||
| Decarto Technique in Observation of Heart State Evolution after the Onset of Myocardial Infarction\r | 531 | ||
| Changes of Ventricular Repolarlzation after a Premature Ventricular Response\r | 535 | ||
| XI VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY AND CORONARY DISEASE\r | 539 | ||
| Gender Differences in ECG Q Wave Serial Changes\r | 541 | ||
| Post-Thrombolysis Reversion of Bundle Branch Block in Acute Myocardial Infarction is Associated with Improved Prognosis\r | 545 | ||
| The Left-Middle (Septal) Fascicular Block and Coronary Heart Disease\r | 547 | ||
| Another Form of Intraventricular Conduction Delay: A Vectorcardiographic Study of the Left-Middle (Septal) Fascicular Block \r | 551 | ||
| Dobutamine-Induced ST Segment Elevation in Patients with Recent Myocardial Infarction: The Role of Myocardial Viability and Ischemia\r | 555 | ||
| Effects of Elective PTCA on Ventricular Repolarization\r | 559 | ||
| ST Segment Depression in Non-Infarct Related Electrocardiographic Leads Predicts Worse Prognosis Even After Aggressively Treated Myocardial Infarction\r | 563 | ||
| XII NEW CONSIDERATIONS IN EXERCISE TESTING\r | 567 | ||
| High Resolution Subspace Techniques in Exercise Stress Testing to Detect Electrical Alternans | 569 | ||
| Low Sensitivity of the ECG Response to Exercise Testing: \"Ischemic ST-Segment Counterpoise\" as an Important Underlying Mechanism\r | 573 | ||
| Comparison of Direct and Vectorcardiographically Derived (EASI) Electrocardiograms Recorded During Exercise\r | 577 | ||
| Comparison of the Prevalence of Ischemic ST-T Change During Stress ECG Test between Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients\r | 581 | ||
| XIII ASPECTS OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CONDUCTION\r | 585 | ||
| What Have We Learned about Ventricular Fibrillation Using Numerical and Experimental Models of Scroll Waves in the Heart\r | 587 | ||
| Further Characterization of the Atrial Flutter Cycle Length in the Canine Sterile Pericarditis Model (Young Investigators Competition) | 597 | ||
| A New Concept for the Mechanism of Maintenance of Induced Atrial Fibrillation in the Sterile Pericarditis Model (Young Investigators Competition) | 601 | ||
| Novel Quantification of Impulse Slowing Followed by Spontaneous Termination in the Central Isthmus of Anisotropic Reentrant Circuits (Young Investigators Competition) | 605 | ||
| Anisotropy in Perspective\r | 607 | ||
| XIV RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION FOR CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS\r | 617 | ||
| Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation in Children \r | 619 | ||
| Left Ventricular Function in Patients after Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation and Modification of Atrio-Ventricular Conduction\r | 629 | ||
| Left Ventricular Approach is the Solution When the Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of the AV Node from the Tricuspid Annulus Is Not Possible\r | 633 | ||
| Age-Related Changes in the Electrocardiogram Do Not Alter Prediction of Accessory Pathway Location in Infants with Preexcitation\r | 637 | ||
| Dimensions of the Triangle of Koch in Children\r | 641 | ||
| XV SURGERY FOR ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIAS\r | 643 | ||
| Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation: Experience with 60 Patients\r | 645 | ||
| Long Term Follow-Up of Patients after Surgical Ablation of Ectopic Atrial Tachycardia\r | 649 | ||
| XVI VARIOUS ECG PROBLEMS\r | 653 | ||
| Fax-ECG. Transmission of Electrocardiogram Through the Fac-simile. Brazilian National Experience.\r | 655 | ||
| Electrocardiographic Assessment of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients with Essential Hypertension\r | 659 | ||
| Which is the Best Electrocardiographic Criterion for the Diagnosis of Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy\r | 663 | ||
| Comparison of Propafenone and Amiodarone in the Conversion of Acute Atrial Fibrillation in the Early Postoperative Period after Open Heart Surgery\r | 667 | ||
| Initial Spatial QRS Patterns in Pilots: a Preliminary Report\r | 671 | ||
| Authors' Index \r | 675 |