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Welcome to the Pharmacology Animations page. Dr. Don Blumenthal
and the Knowledge Weavers at the University of Utah have teamed up to provide course material in the Pharmacology Department using the multimedia software
Macromedia Flash 3. Flash is a vector-based animation and multimedia application allowing for
complex and detailed animations and images at extremely low file sizes. This invaluable tool has
led to the creation, or rather reincarnation of the HyperHeart animation originally done in Hypercard
by Dan Ricks. HyperHeart is an interactive animation/movie developed for Dr. Blumenthal's pharmacology course detailing bloodflow, aortic/ventricular volumes
and pressures present in a normal cardiac cycle. Also included are an electrocardiogram and heart
sounds graph. Tutorials are provided for each phase of the cycle and interactive functions such as
frame-by frame viewing, high/low quality toggle for faster playback, and a pop-up-menu to select
the phase tutorials can all be utilized within the animation itself.
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