Heat map visualization for electrocardiogram data analysis.

Background: Most electrocardiogram (ECG) studies still take advantage of traditional statistical functions, and the results are mostly presented in tables, histograms, and curves. Few papers display ECG data by visual means. The aim of this study was to analyze and show data for electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) with ST-segment elevation (STE) by a heat map in order to explore the feasibility and clinical value of heat mapping for ECG data visualization.

[Impact of fenofibrate on NO and endothelial VCAM-1 expression in hyperlipidemic rats].

Objective: To investigate the mechanism of hyperlipidemia- and imflammation-induced functional impairment of the endothelium.

Methods: The experiment was conducted using 3 groups of rats fed for 20 weeks with standard chow (control group), high-fat diet and high-fat diet with daily fenofibrate treatment (10 mg/kg, starting since the fifth week), respectively. After 4 and 20 weeks of feeding, respectively, serum lipid level and NO concentration were measured in the rats, and the epithelial vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) expression and cell adhesiveness to the aortic endothelium were observed.

Effect of hyperlipidemia on endothelial VCAM-1 expression and the protective role of fenofibrate.

The effect of hyperlipidemia and inflammation on endothelial functions was studied. The enrolled included control (basic chow), hyperlipidemia and fenofibrate-treated groups (high fat diet). The hyperlipidemia model was set up by four-week atherogenic diet, followed by a 16-week treatment in the fenofibrate-treated group (fenofibrate 40 mg/kg every day) and without treatment in the hyperlipidemia group, respectively.