期刊: CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL IMAGING, 2021; 41 (4)
Background During the cardiac cycle, there is a multi-phasic bidirectional longitudinal movement (LMov) of the intima-media complex of large arteries,......
期刊: CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL IMAGING, 2021; 41 (5)
Cost-effective and efficient body composition measurement devices that are reliable and valid are necessary for identifying health risk as well as for......
期刊: CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL IMAGING, 2018; 38 (5)
Purpose Reduced blood circulation is an important feature of heart failure, and Doppler stroke distance of the left ventricular outflow tract is a mea......
期刊: CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL IMAGING, 2022; 42 (6)
Background Right ventricle-pulmonary artery (RV-PA) coupling is an independent predictor of outcome in pulmonary arterial hypertension in adults. Here......
期刊: CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL IMAGING, 2022; 42 (6)
Background Both the carotid Crouse score and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels are commonly used to evaluate atherosclerosis and vas......
期刊: CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL IMAGING, 2022; 42 (4)
Background Decreased cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) related to cardiopulmonary function increases the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with......
期刊: CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL IMAGING, 2017; 37 (3)
BackgroundFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) mapping can present the activated cortical area during movement, while little is known about pr......
期刊: CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL IMAGING, 2017; 37 (5)
Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) is an established technique to detect the changes of the diffusion of water in biological tissu......
期刊: CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL IMAGING, 2017; 37 (6)
Introduction The stiffness of large arteries and the presence or absence of plaque are associated with coronary heart disease (CHD). Because arterial ......