A new technique for filling narrow and high-aspect ratio nanoscale via holes by laser-assisted direct imprint has been proposed and developed. In the process, the filling material (e.g., metals or Si) is first deposited onto the nano-via holes by a deposition method that has a poor step coverage and hence fills the holes partially with voids. Then a mirror-flat transparent plate (mold) is press...

BACKGROUND The question of whether training-induced left ventricular hypertrophy in athletes is a physiological rather than a pathophysiological phenomenon remains unresolved. The purpose of the present study was to detect any abnormalities in cardiac function in hypertrophic hearts of elite cyclists and to examine the response of myocardial high-energy phosphate metabolism to high workloads in...

OBJECTIVE Diminished cardiac high-energy phosphate metabolism (phosphocreatine-to-ATP (PCr:ATP) ratio) and cardiac power with age may play an important roles in development of cardiac dysfunction and heart failure. The study defines the impact of age on PCr:ATP ratio and cardiac power and their relationship. METHODS Thirty-five healthy women (young≤50 years, n=20; and old≥60 years, n=15) unde...

BACKGROUND It has been recently demonstrated that the hemodynamic consequences of exercise-induced increase in left ventricular (LV) filling pressure can be demonstrated noninvasively with supine bicycle exercise Doppler echocardiography. One of the practical drawbacks of Doppler echocardiography for assessing LV filling during exercise is the technical difficulty obtaining adequate signals for...

OBJECTIVES To examine relationships between severity of echocardiography (echo) -evidenced diastolic dysfunction (DD) and volumetric filling by automated processing of routine cine cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). BACKGROUND Cine-CMR provides high-resolution assessment of left ventricular (LV) chamber volumes. Automated segmentation (LV-METRIC) yields LV filling curves by segmenting a...

than the average haemoglobin concentration of the health Does E/A ratio correctly estimate diastolic dysfunction population. In this connection the statement that ‘... an in patients with chronic renal failure? impaired LV filling is the diagnostic criteria that favours the diagnosis ‘‘pathologic’’ LV hypertrophy (decreased E/A ratio, Sir, i.e. the ratio of early to late diastolic filling) ...’...

A method has been devised for calibrating and measuring aspects of displacement records of cardiac movement. Forty-five normal subjects have been studied using this method, and a normal range has been calculated for the heights of the a wave, systolic outward movement, rapid-filling wave, and the ratio of rapid-filling wave to duration. The consistency of the results obtained and factors produc...

Introduction: Many patients have only diastolic dysfunction without any abnormality in systolic function. We compared cardiac diastolic parameters obtained by gated myocardial perfusion SPECT (Gated SPECT) with those evaluated by echocardiography. Methods: Forty-nine patients (aged 37-85 years, 19 males and 30 women) underwent Gated SPECT and echocardiogr...