A portable microprocessor-based triggering device for cardiac muscle electrical stimulation
Braz. j. med. biol. res
;
23(1): 87-91, 1990. tab, ilus
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-83175
RESUMO
We describe a microprocessor-based programmable triggering instrument designed to control the distribution in time of electrical stimuli delivered to a heart muscle preparation. Sequences of stimuli may be selected among those stored in the non-volatile memory of the instrument and new sequences may be programmed using a repertory of 25 commands. The instrument was used to study the inotropic effects of three irregular sequences of stimuli applied to the isolated rat left atrium. The mean peak tension developed by the tissue was unaltered by stimulus sequences, provided the mean stimulatory frequency (2 or 5 Hz) was maintained. The instrument may be useful to study the effect of different stimulatory patterns on cardiac inotropism, as well as for controlling the electrical simulation of tother biological preparation
Search on Google
Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Software
/
Microcomputers
/
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial
/
Heart Rate
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Journal subject:
Biology
/
Medicine
Year:
1990
Type:
Article
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS