The imaging agents used for bone scans, such as technetium 99m pyrophosphate or diphosphonate, also have an affinity for areas of acute ischemic tissue damage. “Hot spots” on the scintigram (areas of isotope uptake) show areas of acute infarction. The scan is usually negative by ...
Our GWAS for heart shape has provided several interesting candidate genes at signals for PCs 1 and 5 which are not reported for other CV traits. For PC1, signals were found nearVEGFAandVEGFB, two members of the PDGF/VEGF growth factor family, which induce proliferation and migration of vasc...
The following acquisition parameters were used: modulation frequency, 100 KHz; microwave power, 10 mW; modulation amplitude, 2 G; number of scans, 30. The double integrated area of EPR spectrum was calibrated into concentrations of NO-Fe(DETC)2 using TEMPO as a standard. EPR spectral ...
if you emulate the image burned into your mind’s eye: a tightly-composed shot, using a long lens, of the lion with its piercing eyes. We perceive the world with both our optical eye and our mind’s eye. The optical eye scans for important data. Then, the mind...
for imaging. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans were then segmented to create a finite element (FE) mesh (Fig.2d), and diffusion tensor MRI (DTMRI) data was employed to prescribe principal myofiber directions for the specification of anisotropic mechanical properties and active contraction (...
56 Figure 22-2B illustrates the construction of a geometric model of the patient atria from clinical LGE-MRI scans, as described by McDowell et al in 2012, 201352,53; in this case the patient atria show a significant amount of fibrotic remodeling. Because the atria are much thinner than ...
The scans were done using an Aloka ProSound 5500 with a curvilinear 4 –7 MHz: probe using B mode, color flow, and pulse wave Doppler where appropriate. All mea- surements other than vessel diameter were performed five times and the mean value used for the analysis. The vessel diameter ...
(n = 3 biologically independent samples per genotype). Locations of primer pairs are shown inb. Unpaired two-tailedt-tests. */**P < 0.05/<0.01. Mean ± s.e.m.h, ChIP–qPCR at the promoters ofPde9a,MmeandGsta3for H3K27ac in male or female amWT and amPA mice. PA...
presentation within 3-5days of the ablation has been reported.PAP04Findings on CT scans can be non-specific but, infected pleural and pericardial effusions may suggest esophageal contamination of the pleural spaces. CT scan of the chest (without oral contrast) with the presence of intravenous cont...
The scans were done using an Aloka ProSound 5500 with a curvilinear 4–7 MHz: probe using B mode, color flow, and pulse wave Doppler where appropriate. All measurements other than vessel diameter were performed five times and the mean value used for the analysis. The vessel diameter was ...