BACKGROUND Tissue Doppler Imaging (TDI) is a sensitive index of myocardial function. Its role in the fetus has not been extensively evaluated. OBJECTIVE To compare myocardial tissue Doppler velocities in fetuses with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) to those of normal fetuses (matched for gestational age.) METHODS Cross-sectional retrospective study conducted at 2 large perinatal cent...

The current study assessed the acute effects of pacemaker optimization (PMO) on cardiac function using echocardiographic (ECHO) tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) in the post CRT setting. Data were analyzed from 50 consecutive patients clinically referred for PMO. Patients underwent a sequential ECHO/TDIguided PMO study to determine optimal pacemaker settings. In 34 of 50 patients a change in pacemak...

Principles of TDI Doppler echocardiography relies on detection of the shift in frequency of ultrasound signals reflected from moving objects. With this principle, conventional Doppler techniques assess the velocity of blood flow by measuring high-frequency, low-amplitude signals from small, fast-moving blood cells. In TDI, the same Doppler principles are used to quantify the higheramplitude, lo...

Method On days 1 and 8, wild type C57Bl/6 mice, IL-13, TRP (Transient Receptor Potential) A1, TRPV1 and mast cell deficient mice were dermally sensitized with 1% TDI (toluene-2.4-diisocyanate) or vehicle (acetone/olive oil) on both ears. On day 15, the mice received a single intranasal challenge with 0.1% TDI or vehicle. In a second experiment TDI or vehicle sensitized wild type C57Bl/6 mice re...

This article is a critical review of some of the methods that have been used for the sampling, analysis, and monitoring of vapor-phase toluene diisocyanate (TDI). Only some of the methods that have received relatively widespread application have been addressed in this article. This review includes a "tutorial style" discussion of basic definitions and basic principles and procedures of quality ...

Traumatic dental injuries (TDI) is a common cause of tooth damage and loss in the young and adolescent age group. As children start to attend school and engage in various physical activities, trauma to the teeth, especially anterior teeth, becomes common. However it has been shown that the correct knowledge to manage TDI is not adequate among local physical education teachers, who are likely to...

The use of Tissue Doppler Imaging Imaging (TDI) has allowed to obtain velocity, strain and strain rate parameters in real time and is currently used routinely in the echocardiography lab. For analysis2D image sequences, profiles are marked on the image, and quantitative time profiles are obtained from them, a procedure known as anatomic M-mode. For correct quantification, the position of the re...

The degree of fluorescence polarization (FP) of a fluorescent molecule is a reflection of its molecular weight (Mr). FP is therefore a useful detection methodfor homogeneous assays in which the starting reagents and products differ significantly in Mr. We have previously shown that FP is a good detection method for the single-base extension and the 5'-nuclease assays. In this report, we describ...

Objective: To examine the relation between longitudinal left ventricular function assessed by tissue Doppler imaging (TDi) and exercise capacity in heart failure. Subjects: 153 patients with chronic heart failure from left ventricular systolic dysfunction (ejection fraction , 45%) and 87 age and sex matched controls. Methods: Echocardiography was used to measure conventional indices of left ven...