OBJECTIVES: In this paper, we present a unified electrodynamic heart model that permits simulations of the body surface potentials generated by the heart in motion...
Keywords: Electromechanical heart model, finite element method, electrocardiogram, myocardial ischemia
01/2006 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerAim: To determine the long-term prognostic value of SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) for the occurrence of cardiovascular events in diabetic patients...
Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, koronare Herzkrankheit, Myokardischämie, Prognose; Myokardperfusion, SPECT
01/2006 | Nuklearmedizin, SchattauerThe diagnosis of myocardial damage is preferably based on measurement of the cardiac-specific troponins...
Keywords: acute myocardial infarction, glycogen phosphorylase BB, myocardial ischemia, sensitivity and specificity, unstable angina pectoris
12/2005 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterCardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in Western countries...
Keywords: Heart failure, ischemia-modified albumin, myocardial ischemia, natriuretic peptides, Peripheral arterial disease
02/2006 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter