3D Heart: a new visual training method for electrocardiographic analysis.
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.
Olson
Charles W
CW
ECG Tech Corporation, Huntington Station, NY, USA. colson1@optonline.net <colson1@optonline.net>
Lange
David
D
Chan
Jack-Kang
JK
Olson
Kim E
KE
Albano
Alfred
A
Wagner
Galen S
GS
Selvester
Ronald H S
RH
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