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Page 6 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1977 Sun Theatres 333 University 846-9808 Super-Grody Movies Painless heart test detecte Double-Feature Every Week Special Midnight Shows Friday & Saturday S2 per person By DALE SINGER United Press International No one under 18 Escorted Ladies Free $2 With This Ad BOOK STORE & 25c PEEP SHOWS Two can ride cheaper than one. domcfl A Public Service or This Magazine & The Advertising Council ST. LOUIS — A simple, painless alternative has been developed for some heart patients faced with the choice of having a tube inserted into the chambers of their heart or hav ing radioactive material injected into their blood. They are widely used methods of measuring the strength of a patient’s heart to see how well it is doing what it is designed to do — pump blood through the body. The new method, developed at St. Luke’s Hospital in St. Louis, merely requires the patient to lie 1 Positions Now Available APPLICATIONS FOR COMMITTEE CHAIR MEN ARE NOW BEING TAKEN IN THE MSC STUDENT PROGRAMS OFFICE, RM. 216 OF THE MSC. ANYONE MAY APPLY. CHAIRMAN APPLICATIONS- deadline FEB. 18 step into the msc circle MSC CAMERA COMMITTEE PRESENTS -A-l£ CATAGORieS IfU BOTH BLACK Af\JD (DHITC and COLOR- LID IT OF TOO PRIIUTS IfU CACH CATAGORT ★ RIBBOfUS FOR FIRST, SCCOaJD, AfUO THIRD PLACC ID ALL CATACORieS. BGST OF SHOD Receives A PLAQUE ADD $50. ★ PRIDT sizes LimiTCtD TO 8xlOmOUDT6D 00) I lx I4, ADD Ilxl4-and 16x20 FIOUrOTeD OD I6x ZO. ALL PRIIUTS OIUST B£ OOUDTCD. ★cotry Fee of 75<- pcr pridt •AreDTRY DCADLlDe-TUESDAY APRIL I2 BY 5-OOpm IfU S.RO. OFFICE A-JUD6ID6 (DILL B£ DOD£ APRIL I6and I7 ★ALL WIIUOJIDG PHOTOS MILL B6 DISPLAYED l(U TH£ msc 6ALL6RY FROFl \ APRIL 17 TO HAY 5 60JTRY BLADKS ADD FiORS IDFORFIATIOD AVAILABLE ID THE CAmeRA conmiTTee CUBICLE -STUDEDT PROORAFIS 0FFIC6. 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It uses the principle of the see-saw on a fulcrum plus Newton’s Law of physics — mass multiplied by ac celeration equals force. Dr. Robert Paine, head of the hospital’s cardiology laboratory, is one of a team of professionals in volved in perfecting the new proce dure and testing it on patients at a number of hospitals. Results so far have shown good correlations between results of the older, accepted practices of testing the heart and the new device, known as the MEF Recorder for mass, energy and force. The benefits to the patients are many, Paine said in an interview. In cardiac catheterization, a tube must be inserted directly into a chamber of the heart to take measurements. Nuclear testing requires the in jection of radioactive-tagged mate rial into a vein, where it is carried along to the heart and its progress is traced by a Geiger counter on the patient’s chest. Paine emphasized that cardiac catheterization is still considered the best test for measuring pres sures within the heart and to mea sure the dimensions of the heart’s chambers. It is also needed by sur geons contemplating bypass surgery so they can pinpoint the location of vital blood vessels. “Our procedure tells the mechan ical performance of the heart,” Paine said, “whether it is working well and whether it could stand an operation. After surgery it would tell whether the operation bene- fitted the patient and made the heart pump better. “This does not displace the cathe ter as the ultimate source of infor mation but it tells you who is in se rious need of catheterization. In addition it tells something catheterization doesn’t tell, what the final product of the heart’s ac tion is. It’s like the bottom line in an accountant’s list. A patient being tested on the MEF Recorder lies on a table and is The Opera and Performing Arts Society of Texas A&M University presents The Acting Company, “they have spark, flexibility, and taste ... in short, a craft.” Dan Sullivan, LA. Times “A theatre jewel." Newsday Love's labour?; Lost by William Shakespeare j2==~>e==su Wednesday, February 23 8:00 P.M., Rudder Auditorium JfteW&yof life \\6rld ^a-oc/p.'M^Rudde by William Congreve 24 Rudder Auditorium TICKET PRICES (PER NIGHT): REGULAR A&M STUDENT ZONE 1 $6.50 $4.75 2 5.20 3.80 3 4.15 3.00 SEASON TICKETS HONORED FOR BOTH PERFORMANCES FOR FURTHER TICKET INFORMATION: MSC BOX OFFICE 845-2916 m/c OPAS: an MSC Committee i TOWN HALL & TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PROUDLY PRESENT ;a PERFORMANCE #5 Enjoy an evening with the Male Vocalist of the year and one of country music’s top performers. Opening the show will be the incomparable JONNIE BARNETT MARCH 4 7:30 P.M. G. ROLLIE WHITE COLISEUM REGULAR A&M STUDENT FREE (with ticket) NON A&M STUDENT DATE $3.00 GENERAL PUBLIC $4.00 RESERVED $ TICKETS § $4.50 $4.50 $6.50 Tickets & information can be obtained from the MSC Box Office, 1st Floor Rudder Tower, 845-2916. NO CAMERAS ALLOWED! 0f : FRIDAY Sl SATURDAY FFRKUARYia&lO »<& 10:30 PM RUDDER THEATER $1&I.D. AGGIE CINEMA hooked up to sensors that simulta neously record an electrocardio gram and the carotid pulse in the neck — allowing technicians to compare those standard readings with results from the newer test. A super-sensitive guage measures changes in the table’s position as the patient’s heart beats. With this force measured, and the mass of the pa tient’s heart judged from X-rays, the acceleration can be determined and the heart’s strength can be charted. “Acceleration is the determinant i Study shows change of the rate at which the heart* )t0f tracts at each beat,” Paine “The basic work of the heart accelerate blood, like a slinj shoots out a rock. A healthy ^ slings that rock out with greatei celeration than a weak heart dj_ ^ The machine is the rest; KANS cooperation between scienj n ough f doctors and engineers at Moogj r ansaS C tomotive, which solved teclti |, r one c problems with the device, \\. g ver yt produces the machine and is ,fpn<; t holder of its patent. w Ijiisulatioi Women switching away rom oral contraceptive fi latroglod a constar ier cent light: comfor [ary. One a rution ( United Press International CHICAGO — Adverse publicity may be the reason some women are giving up oral contraceptives, ac cording to a report published today in the Journal of the American Medi cal Association. A study of 100 women at the San Francisco Medical Center showed 53 per cent changed contraception methods in the last two years, and most switched away from oral con traceptives, the report said. Dr. Nancy Kaltreider found eight women relied on sterilization, 16 used no contraception, one used the rhythm method and 24 used a mechanical barrier device such as a diaphragm, foam or condom for birth control. Only 28 took oral con traceptives, and 16 had intrauterine devices. The possibliity of hazardous side effects was the reason given by 14 women who were dissatisfied their current method. The study also reported a dect[ of formal marriages in the yoiiij population, a reduction in the for children, and an increase in ceptance of homosexual ships. Micro Switch FREEPORT, Ill. (UP1)- minicomputer for cars hasbeem veloped to squeeze more mile out of a gallon of gas. The heart of the device is an membrane that’s as thin as a terfly wing and about thesizeoll eye of your pupil. The Honeywell micro switdi tects manifold pressure se« hundred times a second to ad maximum efficiency from engine. 4.5n forages ao t mini LAW! [uently moking ersity s rder to loor so mllway, lewspaj Inter )aily K; -uppe nd boa ndicate lome re ot real RUDDER FORUM FEB. 14-19 8:00 P.M. TICKETS AT MSC BOX OFFICE Children $1.00 A&M Students$1.75 Non-Students $2.75 AN AGGIE PLAYERS PRODUCTION diich c irovidii n $ AGGIE CINEMA’S CLASSIC FILM SERIES Presents THE GRAPES OF WRATH olicy; Thei DEN loesn’t landy r ard to led hit Sen. m, inti enate redit ci nd avt Smet nder t siden c fine l ounci lotori; ave p Tuesday, February 15 8:00 PM 0? Rudder Theatre Admission: $1.00 With TAMU I.D. Advance Tickets Available in Rudder Box Office 0] 10. “T