Transputer modelling of ventricular dysrhythmia

Ventricular Dysrhythmia Detection After Myocardial Infarction

To determine the effect of varying the duration of electrocardiographic recording on the detection of high premature ventricular complex (PVC) rates (30 or more PVCs/hour) and/or complex PVCs (multiform PVCs, couplets or runs) in survivors of myocardial infarction, we evaluated 175 24-hour ECG tapes with such arrhythmias for their occurrences detected in the first 1, 2, 6, 12 and 18 hours of th...

Novel KCNJ2 mutation in familial periodic paralysis with ventricular dysrhythmia.

BACKGROUND Mutations in the KCNJ2 gene, which codes cardiac and skeletal inward rectifying K+ channels (Kir2.1), produce Andersen's syndrome, which is characterized by periodic paralysis, cardiac arrhythmia, and dysmorphic features. METHODS AND RESULTS In 3 Japanese family members with periodic paralysis, ventricular arrhythmias, and marked QT prolongation, polymerase chain reaction/single-st...

The influence of location and extent of myocardial infarction on long-term ventricular dysrhythmia and mortality.

Although the extent of enzymatically estimated infarct size appears to be an important determinant of morbidity and mortality early after infarction, its influences on long-term survival and late ventricular dysrhythmia have not yet been characterized. Accordingly, we prospectively studied 173 patients younger than 66 years of age without evidence of prior myocardial infarction, who survived ac...

Legacy of the transputer

The Inmos transputer was more than a family of processor chips; it was a concept, a new way of looking at system design problems. In many ways that concept lives on in the hardware design houses of today, using macrocells and programmable logic. New Intellectual Property (IP) design houses now specialise in the market the transputer originally addressed, but in many cases the multi-threaded sof...

The transputer implementation of occam