Software that combines deep learning, 3D reconstruction and CFD to analyze the state of carotid arteries from ultrasound imaging.

Background: Ultrasound is one of the non-invasive techniques that are used in clinical diagnostics of carotid artery disease.

Objective: This paper presents software methodology that can be used in combination with this imaging technique to provide additional information about the state of patient-specific artery.

Methods: Overall three modules are combined within the proposed methodology.

The relationship of diagonal earlobe crease (Frank's sign) and obstructive coronary artery disease in patients undergoing coronary angiography.

Background: Traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) play an important role in the clinical evaluation of patients with symptoms suggestive of coronary artery disease (CAD). The utility of the diagonal earlobe crease (DELC) in predicting the presence of CAD is controversial.

Purpose: To investigate the association between DELC, traditional CVD risk factors, and obstructive CAD.

Controllable ablative machining of Al/Ti and Ti/Al nano-layers on a Si substrate by single-pulse femtosecond laser irradiation.

Results concerning the controllable ablation of nano-layered thin films (NLTF) by femtosecond laser pulses are presented. Investigated samples were titanium-aluminum bilayers, deposited on a silicon substrate, with the top titanium or aluminum layer of variable thickness on the surface. Irradiation was done in ambient air with single femtosecond laser pulses under standard laboratory conditions.

Telomere-telomerase system status in patients with acute myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation - relationship with oxidative stress.

Introduction: Telomeres are protective chromosomal ends. Short telomeres are a proven biomarker of biological aging. We aimed to find an association of telomere length and telomerase activity in circulating leukocytes and thromboaspirates of patients with acute myocardial infarction.