What is the mechanism of focal impairment in myocardial fatty acid metabolism?
Particularly, focal impairment in BMIPP SPECT in the LAD area would strongly predict future cardiac death, especially acute MI death or SCD.
Focal impairment in myocardial fatty acid imaging in the left anterior descending area may strongly predict cardiac death in this population.
Since this study was a retrospective analysis of a previous cohort study [ 6], we could not define the predictive value of focal impairment of BMIPP SPECT for cardiac deaths.
We previously reported that mitochondria and peroxysomes were abnormally accumulated in the proximal part of neurite swellings, which suggests a focal impairment of retrograde axonal transport in Sp Δ/Δ cortical neurons (Tarrade et al., 2006).
Although myocardial fatty acid imaging reveals focal and non-focal impairment, it has not been elucidated whether either of these impaired pattern types of fatty acid imaging are involved in cardiac deaths of hemodialysis patients.
There was no evidence of focal neurological impairment after recovering from seizures during any of his hospital admissions.
A video-EEG recording demonstrated a close relationship between the focal motor impairment and a clear-cut epileptic ictal discharge involving the bilateral motor cortical areas.
A delayed ischaemic neurological deficit was defined as the occurrence of focal neurological impairment (such as hemiparesis, aphasia, apraxia, hemianopia or neglect), or a decrease of at least two Glasgow Coma Scale points [either on the total score or on one of its individual components (eye, motor on either side, verbal)].
We cannot rule out a focal cerebellar impairment in SLI, but together with Steinmetz and Rice (2010) and Laasonen et al. (2012), we have provided evidence that the general cerebellar deficit underlying dyslexia as proposed by Nicolson and Fawcett (1990, 2007) is false.
ACV is the narrowing of intracranial arteries detected by vascular imaging, while DCI is a syndrome defined as a focal neurological impairment, a decrease of at least 2 points on the Glasgow Coma Scale, or an increase of two points on the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale that is not explained by other causes, such as hydrocephalus, rebleeding, or medical complications [ 26, 27].
