Lars-Åke Brodin

Bio: Lars-Åke Brodin is an academic researcher from Royal Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Diastole & Doppler echocardiography. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 143 publications receiving 2511 citations. Previous affiliations of Lars-Åke Brodin include Karolinska University Hospital & Karolinska Institutet.

Non-invasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease by quantitative stress echocardiography: optimal diagnostic models using off-line tissue Doppler in the MYDISE study

Abstract: Aims To develop optimal methods for the objective non-invasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease, using myocardial Doppler velocities during dobutamine stress echocardiography. Methods and results We acquired tissue Doppler digital data during dobutamine stress in 289 subjects, and measured myocardial responses by off-line analysis of 11 left ventricular segments. Diagnostic criteria developed by comparing 92 normal subjects with 48 patients with coronary disease were refined in a prospective series of 149 patients referred with chest pain. Optimal diagnostic accuracy was achieved by logistic regression models, using systolic velocities at maximal stress in 7 myocardial segments, adjusting for independent correlations directly with heart rate and inversely with age and female gender (all p <0.001). Best cut-points from receiver-operator curves diagnosed left anterior descending, circumflex and right coronary disease with sensitivities and specificities of 80% and 80%, 91% and 80%, and 93% and 82%, respectively. All models performed better than velocity cut-offs alone ( p <0.001). Conclusion Non-invasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease by quantitative stress echocardiography is best performed using diagnostic models based on segmental velocities at peak stress and adjusting for heart rate, and gender or age.

Left ventricular function in patients with chronic kidney disease evaluated by colour tissue Doppler velocity imaging

Abstract: Background Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients Tissue Doppler velocity imaging (TVI) is a new objective method that accurately quantifies

Combined pressure-volume sensor and guide wire assembly

Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor and guide wire assembly comprising a pressure sensor having a plurality of terminals, the sensor being mounted in the distal end region of said core wire. It also comprises two to four electrodes for conductance measurement, also provided in the distal end region. Said two electrodes are electrically insulated from each other.

Ultrasonographic strain imaging is superior to conventional non-invasive measures of vascular stiffness in the detection of age-dependent differences in the mechanical properties of the common carotid artery.

Abstract: Aims Elastic properties of large arteries have been shown to deteriorate with age and in the presence of atherosclerotic vascular disease. In this study, the performance of ultrasonographic strain measurements was compared with conventional measures of vascular stiffness in the detection of age-dependent differences in the elastic properties of the common carotid artery (CCA). Methods and results In 10 younger (25–28 years, four women) and 10 older (50–59 years, four women) healthy individuals, global and regional circumferential, and radial strain variables were measured in the short-axis view of the right CCA using ultrasonographic two-dimensional (2D) strain imaging with recently introduced speckle tracking technique. Conventional elasticity variables, elastic modulus ( E p), and β stiffness index, were calculated using M-mode sonography and non-invasive blood pressure measurements. Global and regional circumferential systolic strain and strain rate values were significantly higher ( P < 0.01 for regional late systolic strain rate, P < 0.001 otherwise) in the younger individuals, whereas the values of conventional stiffness variables in the same group were lower ( P < 0.05). Among all strain and conventional stiffness variables, principal component analysis and its regression extension identified only circumferential systolic strain variables as contributing significantly to the observed discrimination between the younger and older age groups. Conclusion Ultrasonographic 2D-strain imaging is a sensitive method for the assessment of elastic properties in the CCA, being in this respect superior to the conventional measures of vascular stiffness. The method has potential to become a valuable non-invasive tool in the detection of early atherosclerotic vascular changes.

Speckle tracking echocardiography is a sensitive tool for the detection of myocardial ischemia: a pilot study from the catheterization laboratory during percutaneous coronary intervention.

Abstract: Analysis of rotational myocardial motion has been reported to be a sensitive index of myocardial ischemia. In this study, circumferential and radial myocardial strain and displacement was monitored during angioplasty balloon-induced myocardial ischemia in 8 patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. The circumferential and radial variables were measured simultaneously in parasternal short-axis view at the papillary muscle level using the recently introduced speckle tracking echocardiography technique that allows 2-dimensional, angle-independent, real-time evaluation of the myocardial motion (2-dimensional strain modality). Acute regional myocardial ischemia caused a significant reduction of circumferential (-35.6 +/- 23.1%) and radial (-27.1 +/- 23.2%) strain and displacement (-49.6 +/- 27.2% and -43.2 +/- 26.8%, respectively). Simultaneously, time to the respective peak systolic values became significantly prolonged, the circumferential ischemic response in temporal domain being more pronounced (P < .05). Speckle tracking echocardiography-based analysis of rotational myocardial motion has a potential to become an efficient clinical bedside tool in the detection of acute ischemic regional myocardial dysfunction.

Exercise Standards for Testing and Training A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Abstract: The purpose of this report is to provide revised standards and guidelines for the exercise testing and training of individuals who are free from clinical manifestations of cardiovascular disease and those with known cardiovascular disease. These guidelines are intended for physicians, nurses, exercise physiologists, specialists, technologists, and other healthcare professionals involved in exercise testing and training of these populations. This report is in accord with the “Statement on Exercise” published by the American Heart Association (AHA).1 These guidelines are a revision of the 1995 standards of the AHA that addressed the issues of exercise testing and training.2 An update of background, scientific rationale, and selected references is provided, and current issues of practical importance in the clinical use of these standards are considered. These guidelines are in accord with the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/AHA Guidelines for Exercise Testing.3 ### The Cardiovascular Response to Exercise Exercise, a common physiological stress, can elicit cardiovascular abnormalities that are not present at rest, and it can be used to determine the adequacy of cardiac function. Because exercise is only one of many stresses to which humans can be exposed, it is more appropriate to call an exercise test exactly that and not a “stress test.” This is particularly relevant considering the increased use of nonexercise stress tests. ### Types of Exercise Three types of muscular contraction or exercise can be applied as a stress to the cardiovascular system: isometric (static), isotonic (dynamic or locomotory), and resistance (a combination of isometric and isotonic).4,5 Isotonic exercise, which is defined as a muscular contraction resulting in movement, primarily provides a volume load to the left ventricle, and the response is proportional to the size of the working muscle mass and the intensity of exercise. Isometric exercise is defined as a muscular contraction without movement (eg, handgrip) and imposes greater pressure than volume …

2012 ACCF/AHA/ACP/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS guideline for the diagnosis and management of patients with stable ischemic heart disease: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association task force on practice guidelines, and the American College of Physicians, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

Abstract: Jeffrey L. Anderson, MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair Jonathan L. Halperin, MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair-Elect Alice K. Jacobs, MD, FACC, FAHA, Immediate Past Chair 2009–2011 [§§][1] Sidney C. Smith, Jr, MD, FACC, FAHA, Past Chair 2006–2008 [§§][1] Cynthia D. Adams, MSN, APRN-BC, FAHA[§§][1] Nancy M

ACC/AHA 2008 guidelines for the management of adults with congenital heart disease: Executive summary - A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on practice guidelines (writing committee to develop guidelines for the management of adults with congenital heart disease)

Abstract: It is important that the medical profession play a central role in critically evaluating the use of diagnostic procedures and therapies introduced and tested for detection, management, or prevention of disease. Rigorous, expert analysis of the available data documenting absolute and relative

人唾液天疱疮抗原的纯化

Abstract: 1. Place animal in induction chamber and anesthetize the mouse and ensure sedation. 2. Once the animal is sedated, move it to a nose cone for hair removal using cream. Only apply cream to the area of the chest that will be utilized for imaging. Once the hair is removed, wipe area with wet gauze to ensure all hair is removed. 3. Move the animal to the imaging platform and tape its paws to the ECG lead plates and insert rectal probe. Body temperature should be maintained at 36-37°C. During imaging, reduce anesthesia to maintain proper heart rate. If the animal shows signs of being awake, use a higher concentration of anesthetic.