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Objective To discuss the significance and value of speckle tracking imaging (STI) technique for accurate evaluating different types myocardial systole. Methods Anterior interventricular branches of 11 healthy crossbreed dogs were separated and ligatured to establish acute myocardial infarction models. The short axle radial strain (RS), circumferential strain (CS) of ventricular sinister and long axle longitudinal (LS) of apex of experiment dogs were measured with STI technique before and after myocardial infarction. Results Before myocardial infarction, no statistical difference of RS, CS was detected among sections of left ventricle (P>0.05), and RS was greater than LS (P<0.05). When detector was at the apex of base, LS of middle, apex sections of left ventricle myocardium increased gradually (LS of base section was least and apex section was most) (P<0.05). RS, CS and LS of antetheca, forepart of interventricular septum of middle of left ventricle and antetheca, posterior and forepart septum of apex all became lower after myocardial infarction (P<0.05). Conclusion Strains caused by all types of myocardium action can be accurately evaluated with STI.
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Objective To investigate the application of real-time gray-scale contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)imaging in the diagnosis of fallopian tube obstruction.Methods Forty-six females with infertility in the period of 3-7 days after menses were inspected by transvaginal CEUS,and the transmission of contrast agents in the fallopian tubes was observed.Then they were inspected by routine iodic X-ray salpingography.Later the value of real-time gray-scale CEUS in diagnosis of fallopian tube was evaluated.Results The sensitivity of CEUS indiagnosis of fallopian tubal unobstruction,obstruction and open without freely was 92.0%,87.1%,36.4%respectively;the specificity was 85.7%,96.7%,93.7%;the accurate was 89.1%,93.5%,84.7%;the Kappa was 0.78,0.85,0.16 with X-ray salpingography.The concordance was 83.7% between CEUS and X-ray salpingography.Conclusions There were no significant difference between CEUS and X-ray salpingography in diagnosis of fallopian tube unobstruction or obstruction,and the former method is safer and more convenient that is suitable to become an valuable method in inspecting of infertility.
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Objective To compare the distance of left ventricular along long axis measuring under real-time movement and Doppler tissue imaging.Methods Titanium nips were implanted into anterior wall and anterior septum of left ventricule of 7 open-chest canine models.Quantitative study was made on time velocity integral(TVI) of the implanted myocardium and left ventricular long axis in 7 canine models,and 7 patients with replaced metal mitral valve.Digital subtraction angiography was adopted to record the real-time movement of the titanium nips in 7 canine models and the metal valve in 7 patients.And comparison was made between the results.Results The maximum values of displacement measuring with TVI were close to the distance under real-time movement. Conclusions The displacement measuring with TVI can reflect the character of the myocardial displacement truly.
