I turned it in today. It was kind of short but it was a distillation of a lot of reading (the majority of which all said basically the same thing). My oral defense of it is on Thursday. I hope I pass!

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I have four papers and several abstracts left to read. I’m losing my motivation to read because I feel like I can already answer the questions posed. However, I acquired these papers because they are relevant, and so they must be read.
Soon, the writing will begin.
Also, I’m antsy because our new server came in. We [...]

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I’ve read the latest and greatest papers on heart resynchronization therapy. Now it’s time to read their interesting references, many of which (thankfully!) overlap. In particular, there have been a few major studies in the last few years, and for a complete picture of the existing HRT knowledge, I must read these studies.
By the way, [...]

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I’ve only read through ten papers on bi-ventricular pacing and heart-resynchronization therapy so far, and I have more, but it’s clear that before I continue I need to look a bunch of things up, including but not limited to:

What are “active fixation” leads? - This seems to refer to leads that screw in or are [...]

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As I read academic articles, I mark things that I don’t know or haven’t heard of as a reminder to look them up.
One thing that’s been popping up in paper after paper about heart resynchronization therapy is the New York Heart Association (NYHA) heart failure classification system. The Heart Failure Soceity of America (HFSA?) [...]

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