(Table 2). LV diastolic function estimated by transmitral E/A ratio was significantly impaired in diabetic patients compared with controls (Table 2). associated with all components of 3D LV strain. Our model of stepwise multivariate regression was different, and revealed that 2D LV and LA longitudinal strain, as well as 3D LV area strain, were Twoand 3D LV longitudinal mechanical function was i...

Whilst it has been suggested that about 25% of the variability in human longevity is attributed to genetic influences, the remaining 75% is consequent upon a complex interplay of biological, environmental, social and culturally determined factors. In rising to the challenge of understanding the complexities of human ageing, a valuable tool to emerge in ageing research has been the longitudinal ...

This article describes the establishment of the Scottish Longitudinal Study (SLS). The study is similar in design to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Longitudinal Study (LS), which has been running for over 30 years and the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study (NILS), which has been established only recently. However, the SLS differs from the LS and NILS is a number of ways. Subsequently...

The clinical recognition of constrictive pericarditis (CP) is important but challenging. In addition to Doppler echocardiography, newer echocardiographic techniques for deciphering myocardial deformation have facilitated the noninvasive recognition of CP and its differentiation from restrictive cardiomyopathy. In a patient with heart failure and a normal ejection fraction, echocardiographic dem...

In the paper the author suggests a model of mechanical deformation of a polymerized bar made of fibres in the neck with regard to forces interacting with a matrix. In the paper, the author suggests an experimentaltheoretical method that allows one to define the character of deformation non-homogeneity in the neck area. In particular, analytic dependence of mechanical properties of the material ...