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An investigation into therapies for atrial arrythmias using a biophysical model of the human atria

The most common type of sustained arrhythmia is atrial fibrillation (AF), affecting about 2% of the general population and 8% to 11% of the elderly, more than 65 years of age. The treatment of atrial arrythmia is still based on empirical considerations and ...

EPFL2006

Multiscale Motion Mapping—A Novel Computer Vision Technique for Quantitative, Objective Echocardiographic Motion Measurement Independent of Doppler: First Clinical Description and Validation

Michaël Unser, Michael Sühling, Muthuvel Arigovindan

Background—Objective, quantitative, segmental noninvasive/bedside measurement of cardiac motion is highly desirable in cardiovascular medicine, but current technology suffers from significant drawbacks, such as subjectivity of conventional echocardiographi ...

AHA2004

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Pierre Magistretti, Jean-Luc Martin

The stimulation by nicotine of intramural nerves and the role of ATP and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) as inhibitory transmitters were studied in the isolated taenia of the guinea-pig caecum. Nicotine (4-32 microM) caused transient, concentration-dep ...

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