Heart Rate Recovery and Risk of Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Mortality: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.

Background: Heart rate recovery (HRR) is a noninvasive assessment of autonomic dysfunction and has been implicated with risk of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality. However, evidence has not been systematically assessed. We performed a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies to quantify these associations in the general population.

Functional in vitro tension measurements of fascial tissue - a novel modified superfusion approach.

Introduction: While two laboratory techniques are commonly used to assess the tensile properties of muscle tissue, emerging evidence suggests that the fascial components of these tissues also serve an active role in force generation. Hence, we investigated whether these techniques are sensitive for assessment of fascial micromechanics.

Methods: Force measurements on dissected fascial tissue were performed either using the classical immersion organ bath or using an improved superfusion approach simulating pulsed pharmacological triggers.