Word: q
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...normal Lead I, a short, heavy horizontal line shows the resting heart. The short downstroke, which doctors call the "Q" wave, is formed as the ventricles begin to contract to pump blood out. The major part of the current flow is the high, thin upstroke of the "R" wave; the thin downstroke is simply return to the base line. Then follows the heavy, hump-shaped "T" wave that marks the repolarization of the muscle surface; some subjects also show a short dip called "S" (not pictured here) before...
...heart-attack phase, Lead I shows a deepened "Q" wave and a distorted "step" pattern in the downstroke of the "R" wave: the current takes a path around the area of dying muscle. This merges into an abnormal (inverted) "T" wave. After recovery from a mild attack, Lead I tracings return to normal except for the deepened "Q" wave. A more dramatic picture of changes is obtained from the V4 Lead, in which the electrode is almost directly over the damaged front wall of the heart...
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...surprise, therefore, to find that his first novel in seven years is an urbane little lecture on grace and predestination, with witty asides on life, letters and the pursuit of happiness. The lecture notes rather dwarf a spindly triangle story of love and adultery in the high-I.Q. bracket...