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quested by their doctors, will be taken
in the new photography studios on the
second floor of the hospital. The studio
will enable the medical photography
personnel to take and process color
slides and motion pictures. About 4,000
pictures of patients are taken each year.
Total cost of the facility will be about
$50,000.
Two new facilities have been reno
vated and re-equipped for the Myocar
dial Infarction Research Unit. A com
puter center, located on the second
floor, will analyze physiological data
from patients on the coronary care unit
and the recovery room. A new study
and treatment room, located near the
CCU, will also aid researchers in learn
ing more about heart disease and provide
more effective diagnosis for patients.
The clinical cardiology area, located
on the ground floor of Baker House,
received $70,000 in new equipment and
renovation this spring and summer. The
vector laboratory and treadmill exercise
room, under the direction of Dr. Edward
Orgain, are used for both clinical and
research purposes.
A variety of cardiovascular diagnostic
tests, including three-dimensional elec
trocardiograms called vectorcardiograms,
phonocardiograms to record heart noi
ses and arterial pressure tracings, are
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Computer Room
"■ction Research Unit will use this addition to
computer for work on a heart disease research
Clinical Cardiology
VECTOR LABORATORY—Clinical cardiology uses this laboratory for a variety of clinical
and research purposes. Renovation in the area on the ground floor of Baker House alsoi
included a treadmill exercise room.
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M.i.R.U. FACILITY—Physician's Assistant Nelson Myers (left) and Dr. Barry Ramo
explain the uses of the heart study and treatment room on the second floor near the CCU.
The facility is part of the Myocardial Infarction Research Unit.
Heart Room