title: 3D Heart: a new visual training method for electrocardiographic analysis.
abstract: This new training method is based on developing a sound understanding of the sequence in which electrical excitation spreads through both the normal and the infarcted myocardium. The student is made aware of the cardiac electrical performance through a series of 3-dimensional pictures during the excitation process. The electrocardiogram 3D Heart 3-dimensional program contains a variety of different activation simulations. Currently, this program enables the user to view the activation simulation for all of the following pathology examples: normal activation; large, medium, and small anterior myocardial infarction (MI); large, medium, and small posterolateral MI; large, medium, and small inferior MI. Simulations relating to other cardiac abnormalities, such as bundle branch block and left ventricular hypertrophy fasicular block, are being developed as part of a National Institute of Health (NIH) Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.
authors.affiliation: ECG Tech Corporation, Huntington Station, NY, USA. colson1@optonline.net <colson1@optonline.net>
authors.forename: Charles W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.forename: Jack-Kang
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Kim E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Albano
authors.forename: Galen S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: Ronald H S
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Selvester
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002309:Cardiology / Q000193:education*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D014481:United States