scholarly journals Measuring the Effect of Risk Factors on Coronary Atherosclerosis: Coronary Calcium Score Versus Angiographic Disease Severity 11Dr. Schmermund was supported by a Grant Schm 1233/1-1 from the German Research Association (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) Bonn and Grant Schm 97-1 from the Heart Center Essen Cardiovascular Research, Essen, Germany.

1998 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 1267-1273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Axel Schmermund ◽  
Dietrich Baumgart ◽  
Günter Görge ◽  
Dietrich Grönemeyer ◽  
Rainer Seibel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Disease Severity ◽  
Coronary Atherosclerosis ◽  
Calcium Score ◽  
Research Association ◽  
Cardiovascular Research ◽  
German Research ◽  
Heart Center ◽  
German Research Association ◽  
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

scholarly journals INSTRUMENT FOR LONG-TERM MEASUREMENT OF SUSPENDED MATTER (SILT GAUGE)

1972 ◽  
Vol 1 (13) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Harald Gohren ◽  
Hans Laucht
Keyword(s):  
Suspended Matter ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Suspended Sediments ◽  
Research Association ◽  
German Research ◽  
Measuring Tube ◽  
Long Term Measurement ◽  
German Research Association ◽  
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

With financial support by the German Research Association (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) an instrument for automatic long-term measurement of suspended matter has been developed by the authors. It works on a settling method. A sample of 20 1 of water is pumped into a conical settling bottle every hour. The suspended sediments settling in a measuring tube at the bottom of the bottle are recorded by a camera. The device called "Silt Gauge" is intended for long-term measurements in shallow coastal water.

scholarly journals Quantification of epicardial fat with cardiac CT and association with cardiovascular risk factors and obstructive coronary disease

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
T Mano ◽  
J Viegas ◽  
J Reis ◽  
A Castelo ◽  
P Bras ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Coronary Disease ◽  
Coronary Atherosclerosis ◽  
Calcium Score ◽  
Coronary Calcium Score ◽  
Epicardial Fat ◽  
Patients With Diabetes

Abstract Introduction Recent studies advocate epicardial fat (EF) as a biologically active organ that influence coronary atherosclerosis development through endocrine and paracrine pathways. We aim to study the relations between EF, thoracic adipose tissue (TAT), cardiovascular risk factors (CRF) and obstructive coronary disease (OCD). Methods Retrospective analysis of patients (pts) referred to 64-multislice cardiac computed tomography (CT) in one center. The authors underwent a standardized protocol for quantification of EAT, TAT (subcutaneous and visceral), abdominal visceral fat, coronary calcium score and angiography. Results Total of 178 pts: male 99 (56%), mean age 65.9±12.9 years. Indications for performing CT were coronary disease (76%), valvular heart disease (15%), atrial fibrillation (6%) and congenital heart disease (2%). Regarding CRF, EF was only significant higher in patients with diabetes (115±60 vs 95±47, p=0.018), in male gender (114±60 vs 91±42, p=0.04) and was linear correlated with age (p=0.004). The authors also found that EF volume is significant higher in patients with typical angina (p=0.02) and with coronary atherosclerosis: non-obstructive (p=0.0049) and OCD (p=0.001) – Graphic 1. ROC analysis of EF (AUC 0.659, p=0.0039) and EF/TAT relation (AUC 0.704, p=0.003) allowed to estimate that EF>100 ml and EF/TAT >0.06 had a sensibility to predict OCD of 53% and 58%, respectively, and specificity of 66% and 60%. We did not find a correlation between EF, EF/TAT or TAT and coronary calcium score. Conclusion EF is higher in patients with diabetes and coronary atherosclerosis. EF and EF/TAT relation had moderate sensibility and specificity to predict OCD, irrespective of calcium score. EF and EF/TAT are promising atherosclerotic markers that could be routinely use in the near future. FUNDunding Acknowledgement Type of funding sources: None.

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