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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1976 Page Two U Research Feel New Support System for Heart Will Reduce Deaths le A significant percentage of the 50,000 Americans undergoing open heart surgery die each year be- - ' 0 cause their weakened hearts cannot assume a full workload once the has ended. In response to this problem, a team of University of Utah Medical Center researchers has developed a system that allows the heart to its full role gradually even if it takes several weeks. It is known as a ventricular support system, and U researchers are readying plans to begin testing it in humans thb fall, according to Jeffery Peters. Ph.D.. M.D., an anesthesiology resident who holds research appointments in surgery and bioengineering. The support system consists of a roller pump, tubmg. a blood filter and a catheter for insertion into the hearts ventricles. Most equipment for the support system ui already ayjdable in heart the surgery facilities and is relatively mexpen- country and give easy to use," Dr. Peters, "It's said. just a matter of adapting it for use. He said it can be used as a support system after all types of open heart surgery, including im- plantation of artificial heart valves, repairing congenital (from birth) heart defects and after coronary artery bypass surgery. It can even be used after open heart surgery on babies who are too small for machines. conventional heart-lun- g In those cases, the baby's body - Cash Rewards in Reducing Energy Consumption i fusions and without any known side effects once the support system is removed, Dr. Peters said, In preparing for the clinical work with humans, the team has under-surger- y gone rehearsals with the universitys clinical thoracic surgery team, and the surgeons have gone through trials with cadavers to perfect methods of fitting the cath- eters into the ventricles. Dr. Peters said if the system is successful in 10 to 20 patients this during the clinical trnUs, should demonstrate its feastbibty for widespread use. The team represents medical specialists from a wide variety of medical disciplines. It includes Dr. reters; ur. rare r uaumasu. aJapanese thoracic surgeon on twoyear leave from a hospital in his homeland; Ronald Waeckerhn, a fourth-yea- r medical student: James McRea project research coordina- Lu. a U tor: Dr. and others. aneshtesiologjst; surgeons who will be performing the clinical trials in humans are Drs. Ed McGough and Maunsel Pearce. They received permission from three Salt Lake City hospitals to use the system in Uniopen heart surgery cases of Utah Hospital, St. versity Marks and Holy Cross. LEASED if V Durin 0ffpeak hours handicap-assum- e ned persons may ride Utah Transit Authority buses free, and for 10 ceI1ts during ,11 other times. UTA k 8tid this week. Off-pea- m 3 p.m. 10 hour8 and after 6 p.m. Monday through gatur(Jay and all day Sunday . and 4-- for incude those whose new phy8icai or mental handicap makes , but not impossible for them t0 regular bus service, electrical, power consumption since the amount decreases with increased charged per kilowatt-hou- r usage. statf members 0f the Salt Lake Psychologist Robert Kohlenberg and his colleagues g Department this week performed one of the experiments concerned with discussms possible immediate peaking. They investigted the effects of consumer improvements foVthe citys asphalt on and cash rewards information, feedback, energy v t the nlant down jpr consumption in private residences. Three volunteer The plant, fisns annWeat was families had their consumption patterns monitored for ordered closed this week by the k An Board of Health. six was initial baseline period periods. followed by an information phase, consisting of a) a list Between now and Oct. 22 resifor of the dents in cities and unincorporated lightbulb equivalents power ratings areas of Salt Lake County may of home appliances, and b) a description of the register at the county clerks office, relationship between peaking and the local environ240 E. 4th South, each week day ment. A feedback condition was then introduced, by from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. to vote in the November general election. placing a light in the home which lit up when a certain County Clerk, said Donates J15 " UUU bySterling Evans, current level was exceeded. Following another baseregistration forms are is lowered and the line period, the experimenters offered a cash payment temperature T at available libraries, banks, high infant is placed in a state of fft and schools governmental offices. for a reduction in energy consumption, e.g., double suspended animation while surmailed must be forms Registration n repair the heart defects. the amount of the electric bill for a 100 reduction in geons offic by Oct. received clerk's the at We believe that many of those oVnipJlOHy 22. with In or the Roving assistant registration conjunction payments, subjects who die each year, babies and peaking. will be available to sign up agents in FounThe Union Pacific Railroad their homes. were taught to read chart recorders adults alike, from weakened heart the rigorous dation gave a welcome boost this voters during the next month. Results indicated that general, educational informa- conditions following registration days in each surgery can be saved with this week to the Utah Symphony by REgular 608 tion alone produced no changes in peaking, while support ?f voting districts are Oct. system, Dr. Peters said. contributing $15,000 in support of 12 26. and 9, feedback had a moderate effect. The greatest Initially, the system will be used the Orchestra's current season's with heart's left ventricle, since operations. reduction in energy consumption occurred with the it is the The City Commission this week The check was presented at the the major pumping chamber an ordinance clarifying Salt payment plus feedback condition. Payment was also and the ventricle that most com- symphony office by Harold H. passed Lake City laws on prostitution. The is Brandt, general manager, south the most effective procedure in the other peaking monly fails. The research team new orginance says that a person techRailalso developing biventricular central district, Union Pacific of convicted acts for hire or sexual experiments. niques that will allow support of road, to Wendell J. Ashton, presilewd acts receive a maximum Psychologists Steven Hayes and John Cone empha- both ventricles and maintain the dent of the Utah Symphony Board. fine of $299,maya of up to sentence We have long recognized the jail sized the difficulties in estblishing effective reduction body's entire circulation 90 or both. days, Roger Cutler, This support takes much of the significant contribution to the said the fine was City Attorney, of from campaigns for residential situations. The primary this the and this state heart, pie nation, away not mentioned in the previous law the remarked Mr. Brandt presenting contingency here is arranged by the power company in allowingof it to recover from sur-and some judges it as Abrava-netwo-wee- 100-wa- tt Ta-Shu- form of massive educational campaigns seems to be the main strategy adopted by governmental agencies and power companies. . .Perhaps the money spent in such campaigns could be better spent in developing and implementing rebate or feedback systems." In an experiment on reducing auto fuel consumption, R. M. Foxx and D. F. Hake offered various combinations of prizes to college students to alter their driving habits. They attributed successful reduction in gasoline consumption to the motivation instilled by cash prizes. The researchers claim that any organization to which people drive could institute such a program. The reinforcers would not have to be limited to cash, since natural driving-relatereinforcers such as preferential parking or leaving early and arriving late could also be given to mileage reducers." ; effects anesthesiology, the gery itself and heart injury," Dr. Peters said. It might be needed for just a few hours, or perhaps several weeks. Following the surgery, physi- cians insert a catheter into the apex of the left ventricle and circulate the blood through the pump, and filter. The blood is then returned to the aorta, the major vessel that circulates the blood through the interpreted requiring a mandatory tence. ryvirositoj) Where thousands of listeners enjoy concert music and news every day! jail sen- A painting of former Utah Governor William Spry will be presented to the state next week by a n of the governor. The ceremony will take place in the office of Sen. Frank E. Moss. Gov. Spry served from 1909 to 1917. The is owned by the grandson, Piling Michael A. Wooton, a Washington, D.C., insurance underwriter. The artist is identified as A. Salzbrener. great-grandso- The Great Salt Lake Board this frmaUy adopted a resolution that the best short-tersolution to lake waters is to pump rising excess water into the Western Desert. The board adopted three recommendations made by the Great Salt Lake Interagency Technical Team, at its regular meeting wee m in d Each summer, 850 rural mail carriers make pheasant brood counts along their regular routes to help the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) measure how many game birds will be available for hunters in the fall. at-tio- il ad the gift. Indeed Maurice l and the Utah Symphony have attracted favorable worldwide n to this area. Mr. Ashton announced that in return for their contribution. Union Pacific would be listed as sponsor of the Utah Symphony's gala opening concert on October 6 in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. We are most grateful for Union Pacific's generous and vitally need- ed support, said Mr. Ashton. As body. This process is accomplished with successful and careful as the Utah minimal blood cell damage. Dr. Symphony is financially, the fact Peters pointed out, a risk that remains that no orchestra in the always is present when blood is entire world can pay its own way. circulated through plastic tubing Were it not for such farsighted and other nonbody structures. firms and individuals who help We've been able to do this in provide its financial base, the Utah animals for as long as three weeks Symphony would fall far short of without using any blood trans what it is today. dial ty by-ma- - peo-worko- the form of a rate structure. . .Manipulations in rate structures or billing procedures designed to reduce energy consumption will probably have to come either through dictate by the public utility commissions, or through more radical measures such as the socialization of energy production." Although the feedback procedure appears more promising for future research than does an information program, the latter, in the City-Coun- the Capitol. It has always been a challenge for political parties and candidates getting out the voter. This year, the challenge has taken on some official dimensions. At least eleven Utah communities have accepted a challenge by the city of Alameda, Calif., to be the votingest city" in the nation this November. Alameda issued a challenge to the nation some time ago and the challenge has become a project known as the Bicentennial Votingest City Challenge. Some state have also joined the rivalry for voter turnout and Utah is one. |