Purpose: To evaluate the use of spin-tagging in conjunction with hyperpolarized gas imaging for monitoring lung ventilation and gas diffusion.
Methods And Materials: Images were taken at 0.15 T using single shot RARE, with hyperpolarized (3)He gas prepared by the metastability exchange technique.
We examined clinical and laboratory features retrospectively in 402 patients at the start of chronic hemodialysis in order to define better the "uremic syndrome" in the dialysis era. The information gathered included demographic data, renal diagnoses, uremic symptoms, biochemical values, and prevalences of hypertension (69%), diabetes mellitus (23%) and ischemic heart disease (16%). Unexpected findings were the wide ranges of serum creatinine levels (3.
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