[Applications of a minicomputer in an electrocadiography department]

The wide potential of minicomputers and their versatility have modified the traditional image of the computer, allowing it to gain a real foothold in a cardiological service. Examples of some original programmes are: the automatic assessment of a pacemaker on the test bench, the formation of programmed impulses for electrocardiographic investigation, the analysis of arrhythmias by a histogram of the RR interval of frequency analysis, the recording of isochrones in pericardial cartography.