Estimates for Assessment of Lymphedema: Reliability and Validity of Extremity Measurements.

Measuring lymphedema with high accuracy is important for several reasons. The aim of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of three routinely used methods to estimate limb volumes. Inverse water displacement, girth measurements, and Perometer measurements were executed.

Compositional modelling and crushing behaviour of MSWI bottom ash material classes.

At present, in Europe, 18 million tonnes of MSWI Bottom Ash (BA) is annually stockpiled or used in low-grade applications (e.g. in road bases).

Paradoxical gas embolism by transpulmonary passage of venous emboli during hysteroscopic surgery: a case report and discussion.

After an episode of apparent venous gas embolism in a patient undergoing surgical hysteroscopy, transoesophageal echocardiography revealed air in the left but not in the right heart. Contrast echocardiography failed to demonstrate anatomical right-to-left shunts, making it likely that venous emboli overwhelmed the capacity of lungs to filter emboli, resulting in paradoxical embolization.

Qualitative observation of left ventricular multiphasic septal motion and septal-to-lateral apical shuffle predicts left ventricular reverse remodeling after cardiac resynchronization therapy.

A multiphasic septal motion and typical septal-to-lateral apical shuffle of the left ventricle can be observed echocardiographically in some patients with left branch bundle block. The relation of both with left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony according to tissue Doppler and LV reverse remodeling after cardiac resynchronization therapy was investigated. Fifty-three patients (37 men; age 68+/-8 years) with ischemic (n=26) or idiopathic (n=27) cardiomyopathy, baseline QRS duration 171+/-30 ms, LV ejection fraction 21+/-7%, and LV end-diastolic volume 257+/-91 ml were studied.