Diagnostic accuracy of coronary opacification derived from coronary computed tomography angiography to detect ischemia: first validation versus single-photon emission computed tomography

Abstract Background Estimation of functional relevance of a coronary stenosis by fractional flow reserve (FFR) from coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) has recently provided encouraging results.Due to its limited availability, the corrected contrast opacification (CCO) decrease and the transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG) were sugges

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Bacterial variations on the methionine salvage pathway

Abstract Background The thiomethyl group of S-adenosylmethionine is often recycled as methionine from methylthioadenosine.The corresponding pathway has been unravelled in Bacillus subtilis.However methylthioadenosine is subjected to alternative degradative pathways depending on the organism.Results This work uses genome in silico analysis to propos

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