Background Mechanical stress on the heart is commonly considered the sole stimulus explaining the synthesis and release of circulating natriuretic peptides and their derivatives. While one of the most ...

After being stuck at the International Space Station (ISS) for over 9 months, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry ...

SPECT of cardiac perfusion and blood pools provides ungated 3-dimensional and gated 4-dimensional (4D) datasets of the ventricular myocardium. Modern reconstruction and review software is used to ...

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Hospital of HeBei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050031, Hebei Province, China Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Cardiac Injury Repair Mechanism ...

Is there an ideal myocardial perfusion imaging protocol? In order to answer this question and choose a protocol for clinical use, one must understand the characteristics of the available ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A study explored whether sensory experiences, like perceiving the color red, are intersubjectively equivalent using a qualia structure paradigm. Volunteers rated ...

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys and the Mayo Clinic published findings in Structure that provide a detailed structure of human uMtCK and show how its structure changes when bound to the ...

Methods In this study, we validate the association between retinal vessel calibres measured by a DL system (Singapore I Vessel Assessment) and incident myocardial infarction (MI) and assess its ...

Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM), an independent diabetes complication, is characterized by abnormalities in myocardial structure, function, and metabolism, including diminished myocardial ...

Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM), an independent diabetes complication, is characterized by abnormalities in myocardial structure, function, and metabolism, including diminished myocardial ...

Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM), an independent diabetes complication, is characterized by abnormalities in myocardial structure, function, and metabolism, including diminished myocardial contractility, ...