background: this study was designed to investigate the accuracy of dobutamine stress echocardiography (dse) in detecting the post-revascularization recovery rate of contractile reserve (cr) in ischemic myocardium. methods: a total of 112 segments from seven patients with low ejection fraction (<35%) and coronary artery disease were evaluated with dse one week before and 12 weeks after coronary ...

The world's coral reefs are in decline, with many exhibiting a phase shift from coral to macroalgal dominance . This change is often associated with habitat loss and overharvesting of herbivorous fishes, particularly parrotfishes and surgeonfishes . The challenge is to reverse this decline and enhance the resilience of coral-reef ecosystems . We demonstrate, by using a large-scale experimentall...

Discordance between the (123)I-labelled 15-iodophenyl-3-R, S-methyl pentadecanoic acid (BMIPP) and (201)Tl findings may indicate myocardial viability (MV). This study compared dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) using the dual tracers for assessment of MV and prediction of functional recovery after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). DS...

OBJECTIVE Intracranial vertebrobasilar artery dissection (iVBD) is an important etiology for posterior circulation ischemic stroke (PCS); however, its long-term functional outcome has been seldom reported. The present study aimed to elucidate the functional outcomes and the predictors of poor functional recovery at 1-year after iVBD-caused PCS. METHODS Patients with iVBD-caused PCS who had be...

acute fulminant myocarditis is a life-threatening inflammatory disease of the myocardium characterized by the rapid deterioration of the hemodynamic status of the affected individual. with prompt recognition and appropriate management, complete recovery of ventricular function is likely within a few weeks. we introduce a 28-year-old man with acute fulminant myocarditis, who experienced circulat...

PURPOSE To assess the effects of an interdisciplinary intervention on the trajectories of functional recovery among older patients with hip fracture during 2 years after hospitalization. DESIGN AND METHODS In a randomized controlled trial with 24-month follow-up, 162 patients >60 years were enrolled after hip-fracture surgery at a 3,000-bed medical center in northern Taiwan. Patients received...

PURPOSE To determine the predictive value of surgery-related variables for delayed inpatient functional recovery (i.e., ≥3 days to reach functional independence) after TKA. METHOD 193 consecutive people undergoing TKA were included in this prospective cohort study. Inpatient functional recovery was measured daily using the Iowa Level of Assistance scale (ILAS). Two persons reviewed medical re...

a common cause of peripheral nerve injury is trauma. the positive effect of antioxidants on the improvement of nerve regeneration has currently become a focus of attention. in this experiment, the effect of intraperitoneal administration of ubiquinone (coq10) on an acute experimentally sciatic nerve crush was studied in a rat model. forty-five male wistar rats, weighing between 160-180 g were u...

Objective-Effect of local administration of laminin and fibronectin on nerve regeneration was assessed. Design- Experimental study. Animal- Sixty male Wistar rats. Procedures- The animals were divided into four experimental groups (n=15), randomly: In transected group left sciatic nerve was transected and stumps were fixed in adjacent muscle. In treatment group (CHIT/LF) the defect was bridg...