INTRODUCTION In patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), the most important factors regarding to both symptoms and outcomes are the presence and extent of inducible ischemia. Alleviation of ischemia with percuta...
supported by grants from the National Key Basic Research Program of China (No. 2007CB512900);Wang Bao-En Liver Foundation for the Study of Fibrosis (No.20090025)
The noninvasive measurement of liver stiffness (LS) was evaluated by transient elastogra-phy (FibroScan) and the possible influencing factors from the patients’ clinical situations including age,gender,liver inflamma...
supported by the National"973"Project of China(No.2006CB504505);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.60578056 and 30572309);the Science Research Foundation of Ministry of Health and United Fujian Provincial Health and Education Project for Tackling the Key Research of China(No.WKJ2005-2-004);the Young Scientists and Technicians Innovation Project of Fujian Province(No.2007F3026).
To confirm the existence and properties of human meridians, the optical transport properties along the pericardium meridian and tissues around the pericardium meridian are studied noninvasively on twenty healthy volun...