An attempt was made to derive a useful noninvasive index to evalute a change in myocardial contractile state using transcutaneous Doppler flow-velocity curve from the carotid artery. In 5 mongrel dogs and in 43 patients with various heart disease, Doppler flow velocity curves were obtained from the ascending aorta intravascularly using a Doppler catheter and/or from carotid artery transcutaneou...

BACKGROUND Electrocardiogram (ECG) is commonly used in diagnosis of heart diseases, including many life-threatening disorders. We aimed to assess skills in ECG interpretation among Polish medical students and to analyze the determinants of these skills. MATERIAL AND METHODS Undergraduates from all Polish medical schools were asked to complete a web-based survey containing 18 ECG strips. Quest...

Two experiments were performed to determine the effectiveness of different progestogens contained in intravaginal devices, different doses of eCG and subsequent hCG treatment on the reproductive performance of estrus-induced mature Lori ewes. In the first experiment, 88 ewes were allocated into two groups, and were treated with either fluorogestone acetate (FGA) sponges or Controlled Internal D...

Even with the development of more advanced technology of ECG, there are still problems on interference to ECG signals. Many attempts have been made to detect and eliminate the source of noises and artifacts from the original ECG signals. Several studies have been done to observe and study the EMI effect, however, most of them only focus on the EMI effect of mobile phone during ECG acquisition. ...

iometric systems are mostly used as person identification or verification systems. In the last few decades, the Electrocardiogram (ECG) has been introduced as a most powerful biometric tool for personal/individual identification. ECG has unique cardiac feature to each individual which motivated its use in various identification systems. Recent developments have also shown that person identifica...

An Electrocardiogram signals change their statistical property over time and ECG signals are highly non-stationary signals. Growing of embedded technology has provided powerful tools to analysis of ECG. ECG is advanced recording method of bioelectric signal which is originated in the heart and it provides valuable information about the activity of human heart. Different types of features of the...