UNLABELLED The accurate quantification of brain radioactivity concentration is limited by the spatial resolution of the PET scanner for structures smaller than 2-3 times the resolution. In the presence of enlarged cerebrospinal fluid spaces or regions of cortical neuronal loss, a significant underestimation of gray-matter radioactivity concentration due to the resulting partial-volume averaging...

Premature ventricular contractions (PVC) are premature heartbeats originating from the ventricles of the heart. These heart beats occur before the regular heartbeat. PVC in patients with heart diseases (heart attacks, heart failure, diseases of the heart valves) may be associated with increased risks of developing ventricular tachycardia. A technique of nonlinear analysis, the fractal analysis ...

The shape of a premature ventricular complex (PVC) might reflect the presence or absence of myocardial disease. To test this, 100 patients with a PVC on a 12-lead electrocardiogram at cardiac catheterization or nuclear angiography were classified according to PVC morphology. Group 1 (n = 50) had PVC QRS complexes with either smooth and uninterrupted contour or with narrow (less than 40 msec) no...

Aim: This work investigates the correlation between the cardiac electrical activity underlying spontaneous ventricular tachyarrhythmias and their modes of onset. Signals: We analyzed 81 episodes of spontaneous ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VF) lasting at least 5 seconds from 17 patients. The cardiologist classified VT/VF malignancy by considering fast VT as more mal...

Purpose. To objectively detect true posterior vitreous cortex (PVC) adhesion status using a commercially available swept-source OCT device (DRI OCT-1, Atlantis(©)). Material and Methods. Case report, review of the literature, and methodical discussion of concepts to improve OCT-guided PVC imaging. Results. Standard OCT imaging misdiagnosed PVC adhesion status as totally detached in this case re...

OBJECTIVES To demonstrate the equivalence between blood collection methods using direct venous puncture (DVP) and a peripheral venous catheter or cannula (PVC). DESIGN AND SETTING A cross-sectional study of simple crossover design with within-subject measures carried out between October 2011 and May 2012 at a regional hospital in Spain. PARTICIPANTS 272 patients aged 18 or older hospitalise...

BACKGROUND Premature ventricular complexes (PVC) predict cardiovascular mortality among several adult populations. Increased arrhythmia prevalence has been reported during controlled magnesium (Mg) depletion studies in adults. We thus hypothesized that serum magnesium (sMg) concentrations are inversely associated with the prevalence of PVC in adults at high cardiovascular risk. METHODS Anthro...

BACKGROUND High idiopathic premature ventricular contractions (PVC) burden has been associated with PVC-induced cardiomyopathy. Patients may be symptomatic before left ventricular (LV) dysfunction develops. N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and circumferential end-systolic wall stress (cESS) on echocardiography are markers for increased ventricular wall stress. This study ai...

Health authorities in several European countries, including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands have recommended a ban on soft PVC toys, such as teething rings and bath toys. The Spanish government requested action by the European Union (EU) in March, 1998. PVC, or polyvinyl chloride (also known as vinyl), is a common plastic that frequently contains toxic additives. Despite...

PVC and balsa wood are usually used in the interlayer structures of wind turbine blades. In this paper, a comparative study on the lightning damage characteristics of the two materials was carried out by molecular dynamic simulations and impact current experiments. The simulations show that the glycosidic bonds in cellulose break first, which leads to a strong decrease in the degree of polymeri...