By Lauren Tarshis
In accordance with precise occasions! It's the summer season of 1916 and the Jersey shore is being terrorized through a good White shark. Can 10-year-old Chet and his neighbors live to tell the tale a swim within the neighborhood creek?
In the summer time of 1916, ten year-old Chet Roscow is captivated by means of the neighborhood information: an excellent White shark has been attacking and killing humans up and down the Atlantic Coast, now not faraway from Chet's fatherland of Springfield, New Jersey.
Then at some point, swimming along with his neighbors, Chet sees anything within the water. . .
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Further discussion in text. (From Franz [3]) It is of interest to note that (using DC-coupled amplification) the contact electrode MAP systolic potential overshoots the zero reference (isoelectric potential) by approximately one third and that the diastolic potential lies two thirds beneath the zero reference, as compared to the total MAP amplitude (Fig. 1). This ratio is independent of the absolute magnitude of the MAP signal. In contrast, TAP recordings referenced to absolute zero potential exhibit a ratio of approximately 1/4 : 3/4 for the systolic and diastolic potential, respectively [1).
Not All MAPs Are Created Equal As explained above, high quality MAP signals depend on a number of circumstances. These include: (a) the electrode material, size, and configuration, (b) the method of producing stable contact pressure and maintaining proper angulation between the exploring and reference MAP electrode and the myocardial surface, (c) the amplifier characteristics and filter settings, and (d), last not least, a thorough understanding of the mechanism of the MAP genesis itself. Any new MAP recording method that wishes to be taken seriously should allow itself to be submitted to the challenging test of comparing it with the "gold standard" - the TAP wave form (as was done by Hoffman, Franz, and others).
Who refined the suction electrode technique (see the chapter by B. Olsson, this book) and demonstrated the value of MAP recording in exploring human cardiac electrophysiology. To keep the suction electrode catheter tip in close adherence to the endocardium, negative pressures ranging from 75 to 300 mmHg were applied with a suction pump. The suction electrode technique required suction pumps, three-way stop cocks, air-bubble filters to prevent air emboli, and other precautions which made their clinical use cumbersome.