AIMS Current imaging of the coronary arteries with magnetic resonance coronary angiography (MRCA) is restricted to limited coverage of the coronary arterial tree and requires complex planning. We present and evaluate a rapid, single-scan MRCA approach with complete coverage of the coronary arterial tree. METHODS AND RESULTS Fifty-five consecutive patients with suspected coronary artery diseas...

BACKGROUND Few services are available to support rural older adults living at home with advancing chronic illness. The objective of this project was to pilot a nurse-led navigation service to provide early palliative support for rural older adults and their families living at home with advancing chronic illness. METHODS Twenty-five older adults and 11 family members living with advancing chro...

BACKGROUND Utilization of total knee arthroplasty is increasing rapidly. A substantial number of total knee arthroplasty recipients have persistent pain after surgery. Our objective was to design a randomized controlled trial to establish the efficacy of a motivational-interviewing-based telephone intervention aimed at improving patient outcomes and satisfaction following total knee arthroplast...

Background Coronary wall thickness measurements must be highly reproducible to be useful in longitudinal studies. While 2D turbo-spin-echo (TSE) and spiral techniques are commonly used, 3D techniques reduce partial-volume effects and allow greater vessel coverage. Recently, 3D coronary wall imaging was demonstrated with 100% respiratory efficiency (RE) using beat-to-beat respiratory motion corr...

Patient Navigators are trained, lay health care workers who guide patients in overcoming barriers to health care access and utilization. Little evidence exists regarding reach and impact of Patient Navigators for chronic disease management. This study evaluated a Patient Navigator program aimed at optimizing health care utilization among ethnically diverse patients with diabetes and/or hyperten...

PURPOSE To develop a flexible image navigator for 3D coronary MR angiography that allows respiratory motion of variable complexity to be compensated for on different temporal scales. METHODS A two-dimensional (2D) golden radial image navigator is proposed; translational motion is compensated for on a beat-to-beat basis, and residual affine motion is compensated for on a bin-to-bin basis in a ...

The theme "Algorithmization and programming" is one of the key themes in school informatics course. material this present tasks Main State Examination Unifed Examination. Most often, its study takes place grades 8–9 programming languages Python, Pascal, C++. However, for successful study, it very important to lay foundations basic concepts lower grades. To do this, you can use block programming...

BBACKGROUND The 14 neighborhoods surrounding University of Chicago Hospitals (UCH) have both Chicago's highest "ambulatory-care-sensitive condition" hospitalization rates and lack of community-based care. To address these problems, in 2004, the Southside Medical Homes (SMH) Network began linking emergency department (ED) patients with 18 community providers. The ED-based patient navigator (pati...

Beginning with the launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) in October of 2008, NASA will once again begin its quest to land humans on the Moon. This effort will require the development of new spacecraft which will safely transport people from the Earth to the Moon and back again, as well as robotic probes tagged with science, re-supply, and communication duties. In addition to the next...