This study investigated the oxidation of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) using a platinum nanoparticle electrode coated with an iodine monolayer, called a modified electrode. The electrode were grown using the cyclic voltammetry technique and the electrochemical measurements were taken using the cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometric technique. In the case of platinum nanoparticle electrode modifi...

Using spectral analysis of oximetry data, we prospectively evaluated the validity of this methodology in patients clinically suspected of suffering from obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). A total of 233 outpatients were studied. Nocturnal oximetry was performed simultaneously with conventional polysomnography for all participants. The power density of oxygen saturation was analysed using Fast-Four...

OBJECTIVES To validate a simplified estimate of peak power (SPP) against true (invasively measured) peak instantaneous power (TPP), to assess the feasibility of measuring SPP during exercise and to correlate this with functional capacity. DESIGN Development of a simplified method of measurement and observational study. SETTING Tertiary referral centre for cardiothoracic disease. SUBJECTS ...

The mechanism responsible for the attenuated heart rate (HR) response to exercise in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) was investigated in 46 normal subjects and 59 patients with CHF stratified by peak exercise oxygen consumption (VO2). The peak exercise HR and the increment in HR from rest to peak exercise were decreased in CHF patients, and both correlated strongly with peak VO2 (r...

BACKGROUND Peak oxygen consumption at maximum exercise (peak VO(2)) predicts survival in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients. Right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) at rest has been reported to correlate with peak VO(2). We evaluated the strength and consistency of the association between peak VO(2) and RVEF measured by different radionuclide ventriculography (RNV) techniques in a prospect...

The mechanism responsible for the attenuated heart rate (HR) response to exercise in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) was investigated in 46 normal subjects and 59 patients with CHF stratified by peak exercise oxygen consumption (Vo2). The peak exercise HR and the increment in HR from rest to peak exercise were decreased in CHF patients, and both correlated strongly with peak Vo2 (r...

We sought to test whether the peak systolic velocity of mitral annular longitudinal movement (S') measured by pulsed tissue Doppler imaging technique is useful to assess global left ventricular (LV) contractility under various LV inotropic conditions, including regional wall motion abnormality. In addition, the accuracy of S' relative to LV ejection fraction (EF), a conventional index of LV con...

BACKGROUND Health-related and disease-specific quality of life (HRQoL) has been increasingly valued as relevant clinical parameter in cystic fibrosis (CF) clinical care and clinical trials. HRQoL measures should assess - among other domains - daily functioning from a patient's perspective. However, validation studies for the most frequently used HRQoL questionnaire in CF, the Cystic Fibrosis Qu...