Indrek Rätsep
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PhD Student

The Chair of Electronic Measurements
Department of Electronics, Tallinn Technical University, Tallinn, Estonia.

Phone +372 620 2160     Fax +372 620 2151     E-mail: .....
Address: Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia

               


Supervisor:
Prof. Mart Min


Topic of the research work:
"Development of methods for recovering, electrical stimulation and monitoring of the isolated heart".
"Isoleeritud südame elustamise, elektrilise stimuleerimise ja jälgimise meetodite arendamine".
VI.2002


Uurimistöö sisu / Content of the study:  
Südame töö eksperimentaalne modelleerimine.
Intraoperatiivne organprotektsioon.
Laboratoorsed eksperimendid eraldatud loomasüdamega kunstlikus vereringes.
Interdistsiplinaarsed ja mittetraditsioonilised uurimismeetodid.
Katseseadmestiku ülesehitus ja katsemetoodika.
Katsetulemuste töötlemine ja informatiivsete tulemuste väljaselgitamine.
Saadud tulemuste analüüs ja võrdlemine teistes analoogilistes uurimistöödes saadud tulemustega.
Soovituste koostamine südamemonitoride ja -rütmurite (pacemakers) edasiarendamiseks.


Publikatsioonid: 
M.Min, A.Kink*, T.Parve, and I.Rätsep.
Bioimpedance based control of rate limit in artificial cardiac pacing.
In: Proc. of the IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering BioMED 2005, February 16 -18, 2005, Innsbruck, Austria.
Printed in ACTA Press, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, pp.697-703.
 
R.Gordon, S.Maltshenko, I.Rätsep.
Modeling the dynamic heart for impedance based cardiac pathology detection.
In: Proc. of the 3rd European Medical & Biological Engineering Conference EMBEC’05, November 20-25, 2005, Prague, Czech Republic, 4 p.  
M.Min, A.Kink, R.Land, T.Parve, and I.Rätsep.
Modification of pulse wave signals in electrical bioimpedance analyzer for implantable medical devices.
In: Proc. of the 26. Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, September 1 -5, 2004, San Francisco, California, USA, pp.2263-2266.  
A.Kink, M.Min, T.Parve, I.Rätsep.
Bioimpedance based analysis of tissue oedema.
In: Proc. of the XII Internat. Conf. on Electrical Bioimpedance & the V Conf. on Electrical Impedance Tomography ICEBI/EIT 2004, June 20-24, 2004, Gdansk, Poland, Vol.1, pp.29-32.  
A.Kink, T.Parve, I.Rätsep.
Impedance Controlled Pacing Rate Limits in Cardiac Pacemakers: Experiemntal Validation on Isolated Heart.
- International Journal of BioElectroMagnetism, Vol.5, No.1, Proc. of the XXX International Congress of Electrocardiology 2003, June 11-14, 2003, Helsinki, Finland, pp.63-64.
URL: http://www.ee.tut.fi/rgi/ijbem/volume5/number1/026.htm.
 
I.Rätsep, A.Kink.
Miks me katsetame seasüdamega
(Why are we experimentating with the pig's heart?) 
Presentation at the Meeting of the Biomedical Electronics Section of the Estonian Electronics Society, held on the occasion of the Annual Conference of the Estonian Electronics Society and Tallinn Technical University, held in the event of the International Telecommunication Day - "Ringhääling 2003", May 16th, 2003, the TTU, Tallinn, Estonia.
Published on the WWW: http://elve.le.ttu.ee/EEU-Elec/BMEs/Meetings/20030516/SudaEBMV/Index.htm.
 
I.Rätsep, A.Kink, G.Taal, T.Parve.
Post-ischemic recovery of isolated animal heart: dynamic of pressure-volume and electrical bio-impedance measurement.
In: Proc. of the 8th Biennial Baltic Electronics Conference BEC'2002, October 6-9, 2002, Tallinn, Estonia, pp.367-370.  
A.Kink, M.Min, T.Parve, I.Rätsep, G.Taal.
An Experimental Setup for Validation of the Four-Chamber Cardiac Model Using Bioimpedance Measurement.
In: Proc. of the 1st World Congress on Biomimetics and Artificial Muscles, December 9-11, 2002, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 4 p. 
Nandate K, Vuylsteke A, Ratsep I et al.
Effect of isoflurane, sevoflurane and propofol anaesthesia on jugular venous oxygen saturation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.
- Br J Anaesth, 2000, Vol 84, 5, 631. 
Narbekov J, Rätsep I, Toome V.
Procainamide and amiodarone for atrial fibrillation after myocardial revascularisation.
- Eur J Anaest, Vol 17, Suppl 19, 2000. 
Kobzar G, Mardla V, Rätsep I.
Aspirin increases platelet sensitivity to adenosine diphosphate in patients with coronary artery disease.
- Platelets, 1999, 10, p.191. 
Utno L, Paas L, Rätsep I.
Lipid peroxydation and heart protection by aortocoronary bypass.
- Atherosclerosis, 1997, v.134, 1, p.218. 


Patendid ja patenditaotlused / Patents and patent applications

Method and Device for Determining Relative Amount of Intracellular or Extracellular Liquid in Living Tissue. US patent application 11/156757, 20.06.2005.
Authors: A.Kink, M.Min, T.Parve, and I.Rätsep.
Applicants: Tallinn University of Technology and Smartimplant Ltd.


Muud tegevused / Other activities: 
Eesti esindaja Euroopa Kardiotorakaal Anestesioloogide Ühingus (EACTA) / EACTA member, representative for Estonia;
Eesti Anestesioloogide Seltsi (EAS) liige / Estonian Society of Anaesthesiologists, member.


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Last revised: 13.04.2007.