background : the role of minerals on parasite persistency and the interaction between minerals and animal responses to the parasite infestation is not clear. for these reasons, the present re­search was aimed to compare copper, zinc and iron status in sheep with parasitic myocarditis and healthy ones in 2009. methods : blood and heart tissue samples were collected from 145 slaughtered sheep and...

conclusions in general, it seems that three-month exercise training was effective in reducing cardiac mitochondrial pro-apoptotic protein. however, considering the results of the bcl2 gene expression, more researches are needed to identify effects of exercise trainings on indices of myocardial apoptosis. objectives the aim of this study was to assess the effect of exercise training on bcl-2 and...

introduction hydatid cyst is a significant health problem in underdeveloped and developing countries, particularly among sheep breeders. although cardiac involvement is seen only in 0.2% to 3% of the cases, early diagnosis and treatment are important. case presentation a 13-year-old boy with dyspnea and atypical pericardial type chest pain for three months was referred to us. chest x-ray reveal...

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to assess the integrated role of scintigraphy by Tc99m MIBI in diagnosis of parathyroid adenoma and its impacts on the myocardium, and to evaluate whether myocardium perfusion gated SPECT study could be a complementary routine workup for patient with positive parathyroid adenoma on Tc99m MIBI parathyroid scan. Methods: Rest myocardium perfusion gated ...

introduction: the purpose of this study is to assess the integrated role of scintigraphy by tc99m mibi in diagnosis of parathyroid adenoma and its impacts on the myocardium, and to evaluate whether myocardium perfusion gated spect study could be a complementary routine workup for patient with positive parathyroid adenoma on tc99m mibi parathyroid scan. methods: rest myocardium perfusion gated s...

noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium is an embryonic cardiomyopathy that is increasingly being recognized. noncompaction of lv myocardium, right ventricular myocardium, or both can occur in isolation, in congenital heart diseases, in valvular heart diseases, in neuromuscular disorders, skeletal abnormalities and in endocrinologic abnormalities. clinical manifestations of ventricular non-...

Epithelial inclusions were detected in myocardium of a 2-month-old male Holstein calf. Microscopically,nonpurulent myocarditis along with focal tubular and acinar structures covered with cuboidal epithelial cellswas seen in the myocardium. Most tubular and acinar structures stained with Masson’s trichrome were foundto be surrounded with a dense collagen. Tubular and acinar structures had PAS po...

  Bilateral diffuse intense breast uptake was noted in a 40 year old female who was evaluated with Tc-99m sestamibi (MIBI) myocardial perfusion scan for possible ischemia. She was breast feeding her 1.5 year old child. The intense uptake in the breasts was superimposed on the apical and anteroapical regions of the myocardium and caused interpretation problem. We recom...

considering the nonlinear hyperelastic or viscoelastic nature of soft tissues has an important effect on modeling results. in medicalapplications, accounting nonlinearity begets an ill posed problem, due to absence of external force. myocardium can be consideredas a hyperelastic material, and variational approaches are proposed to estimate stiffness matrix, which take into account the linearand...

the aim of this article is to review the application of current imaging techniques used for the detection of viable myocardium. each technique is discussed briefly, and the more commonly used techniques are compared. the imaging techniques reviewed herein are dobutamine stress echocardiography, single photon emission tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography with f-18...