Peak Systolic Stress-Rate-Corrected Mean Velocity of Fiber Shortening in Preterm and Fullterm Infants.

Mean Velocity of Fiber Shortening

Previously it was shown that left ventricular (LV) myocardial contractility can be assessed from the instantaneous relation between velocity of fiber shortening and maximum LV wall tension (VcF at max T). Such analysis is complex, requiring frame-by-frame correlation of LV dimensions with pressure, and a simpler approach was sought. In 50 patients the mean velocity of circumferential fiber shor...

Myocardial blood flow in congestive and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: relationship to peak wall stress and mean velocity of circumferential fiber shortening.

Myocardial blood flow/unit mass (MBF) and the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption were measured in seven control subjects (group I) and 15 patients (pts) with cardiomyopathy (CM), group II (group IIa-congestive CM: 10 pts; group IIb-hypertrophic CM: 5 pts). In group I left ventricular (LV) MBF was 64 +/- 8 (SD) ml/100g-min; it was significantly lower in IIa (45 +/- 15 ml/100g-min, P l...

Chromatic and luminance contrast sensitivity in fullterm and preterm infants.

In order to investigate the contributions of visual experience vs. preprogrammed mechanisms on visual development, the current study compared contrast sensitivity in preterm vs. fullterm infants. If development is tied to time since conception, preterm infants should match the developmental trajectories of fullterm infants when plotted in postterm age. By contrast, if development is influenced ...

Peak Systolic Velocity / End Diastolic Velocity PI = ( Peak Systolic Velocity – End

Superior thyroid artery mean peak systolic velocity for the diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis in Japanese patients.

Thyrotoxicosis with diffuse thyroid disease can be caused by Graves' disease (GD) or destructive thyroiditis (DT). Optimal treatment of the underlying condition requires a prompt and accurate method for the diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis. This study evaluated measurement of the mean peak systolic velocity of the superior thyroid artery (STA-PSV) by ultrasonography in detecting thyrotoxicosis in Ja...