Research Interests
The primary purposes of my research work have been (a) to simplify the technique of recording electrocardiograms, especially during cardiac emergencies, and (b) to apply basic physiological research done in the last 40 years by Durrer, Spach, Scher and others on the sequence of activation of the heart, to clinical diagnosis. In collaboration with others, I have demonstrated that records obtained with bipolar leads, in which one electrode is attached to the right arm and another electrode is attached successively to preselected sites on the chest, are essentially similar to records obtained with Wilson's unipolar chest leads. Because of having to attach only two electrodes, bipolar chest-right arm leads (CR leads) can be set up in a few seconds. Plans for further research include (a) recording ECGs with CR leads in normal subjects of all ages, (b) searching simple diagnostic criteria based on measuring short time intervals, by using digitized tracings, and (c) miniaturizing the equipment that could encourage physicians to record ECGs as part of routine physical examinations and facilitate recording ECGs in emergencies.
Selected Publications
- De Gasperi RN, Ezzudin SH, Bauerlein EJ, Sequeira R, Lemberg L, Duncan RC (2002) Digitized electrocardiograms recorded with bipolar right-infraclavicular leads compared to electrocardiograms recorded with unipolar chest V leads and bipolar lead II. J Electrocardiol. 35(2):125-34.
- De Gasperi RN and McCulloh DH (1991) CR leads in cardiac emergencies: A preliminary study. Chest 99:904-10.
- De Gasperi RN and McCulloh DH (1991) Digitized cardiac potentials recorded with CR leads. Chest 100:1364-70.
Curriculum Vitae
- 1951
M.D. School of Medicine, National University of Asuncion,
Paraguay
- 1954-1956
Resident in Pathology, Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington,
Vermont
- 1956-1958
Assistant in Medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston,
Massachusetts
- 1957-1958
Research Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- 1959-1961
Head, Department of Physiology, National University of
Asuncion, Paraguay
- 1962-1963
Instructor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University
of Miami School of Medicine
- 1963-1970
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics,
University of Miami School of Medicine
- 1970-1977
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics,
University of Miami School of Medicine
- 1977-present
Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics,
University of Miami School of Medicine
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