Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography (MCE) is a recent technique that allows to measure regional perfusion in the cardiac wall. Segmentation of MCE sequences would allow simultaneous evaluation of perfusion and wall motion. This paper deals with the application of partial differential equations (PDE) for tracking the endocardial wall. We use a variational optical flow method which we solve nume...

This review presents a brief outline and novel developments of electrophoretic separation in microfluidic chips. Distinct characteristics of microchip electrophoresis (MCE) are discussed first, in which sample injection plug, joule heat, channel turn, surface adsorption and modification are introduced, and some successful strategies and recognized conclusions are also included. Important achiev...

Fatsia polycarpa, a plant endemic to Taiwan, is an herbal medicine known for treating several inflammation-related diseases, but its biological function needs scientific support. Thus, the anti-inflammatory effects and mechanisms of the methanolic crude extract (MCE) of F. polycarpa and its feature constituents, that is, brassicasterol (a phytosterol), triterpenoids 3 α -hydroxyolean-11,13(18)-...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this research was to evaluate the potential for myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) to provoke microscale bioeffects in a canine model. BACKGROUND Myocardial contrast echocardiography induces bioeffects in rat hearts, but translation of such results to larger animal models is uncertain. METHODS Dogs were anesthetized and prepared for open- (n = 22) or closed- (n...

BACKGROUND Myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) allows visualization of radiofrequency (RF) ablation lesions in the left ventricle in an animal model. AIM To test whether MCE allows visualization of RF and cryo ablation lesions in the human right atrium using three-dimensional echocardiography. METHODS 18 patients underwent catheter ablation of a supraventricular tachycardia and were ...

Methylmalonyl-CoA epimerase (MCE) is an enzyme involved in the propionyl-CoA metabolism that is responsible for the degradation of branched amino acids and odd-chain fatty acids. This pathway typically functions in the reversible conversion of propionyl-CoA to succinyl-CoA. The Caenorhabditis elegans genome contains a single gene encoding MCE (mce-1) corresponding to a 15 kDa protein. This was ...

OBJECTIVE Early brain insults can cause cavitary lesions including porencephaly (POR) and multicystic encephalopathy (MCE). The objective of this study was to investigate clinical and electrographic correlates associated to these types of destructive brain lesions. METHOD Patients with POR and MCE were selected and submitted to clinical and Video-EEG monitoring. The following variables were a...

BACKGROUND The incremental prognostic value of myocardial perfusion-gated single photon emission computed tomography (MPGS) compared with exercise test has not yet been properly evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS Five thousand six hundred seventy-two consecutive patients with known or suspected coronary disease undergoing exercise MPGS between 1997 and 2007 were included. Three-year predictive mo...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) is useful for predicting the functional recovery of akinetic segments in patients undergoing primary angioplasty after acute myocardial infraction (AMI). Recently, parametric imaging-based quantitative MCE has been developed for measuring perfusion. Our aims were: a) to measure perfusion in akinetic myocardial segments in pa...