Time-gated scintillator imaging for real-time optical surface dosimetry in total skin electron therapy.

The purpose of this study was to measure surface dose by remote time-gated imaging of plastic scintillators. A novel technique for time-gated, intensified camera imaging of scintillator emission was demonstrated, and key parameters influencing the signal were analyzed, including distance, angle and thickness. A set of scintillator samples was calibrated by using thermo-luminescence detector response as reference.

The first case report of the treatment of transplant coronary artery disease with dextran sulfate adsorption lipid apheresis.

In patients who have undergone a heart transplant, the major cause of death is coronary artery disease (CAD). The etiology of cardiac-allograft vasculopathy is thought to be multifactorial, but due in large part to immune mechanisms that cause elevations in serum cholesterol levels. The dextran sulfate cellulose low-density lipoprotein (LDL) adsorption (DSA) apheresis procedure has been shown to reduce lipoprotein levels and markers of blood rheology to improve coronary perfusion to the transplanted heart.

Chordae tendinae tumor as the cause of cardioembolic stroke.

We describe the case of a chordae tendinae papillary fibroelastoma with patent foramen ovale and interatrial septal aneurysm in a healthy young woman who suffered from acute ischemic right middle cerebral artery infarction.

Bicycle ergometry in subacute-stroke survivors: feasibility, safety, and exercise performance.

This study evaluated the feasibility, safety, and findings from a protocol for exercise-bicycle ergometry in subacute-stroke survivors. Of 117 eligible candidates, 14 could not perform the test and 3 discontinued because of cardiac safety criteria. In the 100 completed tests, peak heart rate was 116 +/- 19.