Search for dissertations about: "heart-infarction"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word heart-infarction.

  2. 1. Automatic Shape Modelling with Applications in Medical Imaging

    Author : Anders Ericsson; Matematik LTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; heart-infarction; lung-embolie; Parkinson; DaTSCAN; SPECT; SCINT; affine shape; MDL; automatic shape models; Deformable models; active shape; Mathematics; Matematik;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of two parts. The first part is devoted to automatic shape analysis and the second part is devoted to decision support systems in medical imaging. Shape models are widely used in segmentation and shape analysis. The thesis begins with a review of deformable models and the preliminaries of shape modelling. READ MORE

  4. 2. Studies on myocardial regeneration

    Author : Olaf Ingmar Bergmann; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Heart disease is one of the leading causes of adult and child morbidity and mortality. The underlying pathology leads typically to a loss of functional cardiomyocytes that causes heart failure. READ MORE

  5. 3. Cellular mechanisms of anaesthetic agents

    Author : Karin Björnström Karlsson; Bertil Fredholm; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Anaesthesia is given to approximate 5% of the Swedish population annually, with the great advantage of painless surgery, but it also has side effects such as depression of blood pressure that might give a heart infarction. Exactly how anaesthetic agents cause anaesthesia is poorly known. READ MORE

  6. 4. Perlecan in vascular disease

    Author : Tran Phan Kiet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Perlecan; heparan sulfate; smooth muscle cells; intimal hyperplasia; vascular disease; atherosclerosis; restenosis; heparin-binding growth factor.;

    Abstract : Atherosclerosis has become the most common cause of death in the world. The development of the disease involves accumulation of lipids in the inner layer of the vessel wall, the intima, and recruitment of inflammatory cells and smooth muscle cells (SMCs). READ MORE