Scientific Commons: Z. Y. Fang

Association of arterial wave properties and diastolic dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (2007)

Sharman, J., Haluska, B. A., Fang, Z. Y., Prins, J. B., Marwick, T. H.

Left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction and increased arterial stiffness are prevalent inpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Because the systemic vasculature plays a pivotal role in...

Role of diastolic dyssynchrony in the delayed relaxation pattern of left ventricular filling (2007)

Burgess, M., Fang, Z.Y., Marwick, T.H.

We investigated the extent to which diastolic dyssynchrony contributes to the delayed relaxation pattern of left ventricular filling and limitation in exercise capacity. In 100 patients with...

Screening for subclinical coronary and myocardial disease in subjects with diabetes and metabolic syndrome (2006)

Wong, C., Leano, R L, Haluska, B A, Fang, Z. Y., Marwick, T H

Determinants of exercise capacity in patients with type 2 diabetes (2005)

Fang, Z. Y., Sharman, J., Prins, J. B., Marwick, T. H.

OBJECTIVE - Type 2 diabetes is associated with reduced exercise capacity, but the cause of this association is unclear. We sought the associations of impaired exercise capacity in type 2 diabetes....

Determinants of subclinical diabetic heart disease (2005)

Fang, Z. Y., Schull-Meade, R., Downey, M., Prins, J., Marwick, T. H.

Aims/hypothesis: Subclinical left ventricular (LV) dysfunction has been shown by tissue Doppler and strain imaging in diabetic patients in the absence of coronary disease or LV hypertrophy, but the...

Contribution of dysynchrony to abnormal relaxation and exercise capacity in patients with preserved left ventricular systolic function (2005)

Burgess, M., Fang, Z.Y., Marwick, T. H.

Diastolic dysfunction is a manifestation of ventricular-vascular interaction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (2005)

Haluska, B. A., Sharman, J., Fang, Z.Y., Sharman, J., Prins, J. B., Marwick, T. H.

Does exercise intolerance in metabolic syndrome reflect subclinical myocardial dysfunction? (2005)

Wong, C., Fang, Z.Y., O'Moore-Sullivan, T., Leano, R. L., Marwick, T. H.

What is the relationship between microvascular disease and myocardial function in diabetic cardiomyopathy? A quantitative study using contrast echo and strain rate imaging (2005)

Moir, W. S., Hanekom, L., Fang, Z.Y., Haluska, B. A., Jenkins, C., Wong, C., ...

Which diabetic patients should undergo screening for subclinical myocardial dysfunction? Development of a clinical index (2005)

Fang, Z.Y., Wong, C., Prins, J. B., Marwick, T. H.

Diastolic dysfunction is a manifestation of ventricular-vascular interaction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (2005)

Sharman, J., Haluska, B. A., Fang, Z.Y., Prins, J. B., Marwick, T. H.

Left ventricular mass in patients with type 2 diabetes is independently associated with central but not peripheral pulse pressure (2005)

Sharman, J. E., Fang, Z. Y., Haluska, B., Stowasser, M., Prins, J. B., Marwick, T. H.

Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction can predict impaired aerobic capacity in type 2 diabetic patients (2004)

Hordern, M. D., Fang, Z. Y., Ritchie, C. B., Coombes, J. S., Marwick, T. H.

Diabetic cardiomyopathy: Evidence, mechanisms, and therapeutic implications (2004)

Fang, Z. Y., Prins, J. B., Marwick, T. H.

The presence of a diabetic cardiomyopathy, independent of hypertension and coronary artery disease, is still controversial. This systematic review seeks to evaluate the evidence for the existence of...

Echocardiographic detection of early diabetic myocardial disease (2004)

Fang, Z. Y., Marwick, T. H.

Alterations of left ventricular myocardial characteristics associated with obesity (2004)

Wong, C., Leano, R. L., Fang, Z.Y., O'Moore-Sullivan, T., Marwick, T. H.

Delayed heart-rate recovery is associated with subclinical left ventricular dysfunction and impaired exercise capacity in diabetic patgients (2004)

Fang, Z. Y., Leano, R. L., Sharman, J., Haluska, B. A., Prins, J. B., Marwick, T. H.

Diabetic myocardial disease contributes to reduced exercise capacity in diabetic subjects (2004)

Schull-Meade, R., Fang, Z.Y., Leano, R. L., Prins, J. B., Marwick, T. H.

Prevalence and determinants of subclinical diabetic heart disease (2004)

Fang, Z. Y., Schull-Meade, R., Prins, J. B., Marwick, T. H.

Reproducibility and accuracy of echocardiographic measurements of left ventricular parameters using real-time 3D echocardiography (2004)

Jenkins, C., Bricknell, K., Hanekom, L., Leano, R. L., Fang, Z.Y., Marwick, T. H.

Right ventricular myocardial dysfunction associated with obesity (2004)

Wong, C., Fang, Z. Y., Leano, R. L., O'Moore-Sullivan, T., Marwick, T. H.

Patients with early diabetic heart disease demonstrate a normal myocardial response to dobutamine (2003)

Fang, Z. Y., Najos-Valencia, O, Leano, R. L., Marwick, T. H.

OBJECTIVES We sought to use quantitative markers of the regional left ventricular (LV) response to stress to infer whether diabetic cardiomyopathy is associated with ischemia. BACKGROUND Diabetic...

Measurement of left-ventricular volumes and ejection fraction in patients with ischaemic left-ventricular dysfunction: correlation of magnetic resonance imaging with thallium single-photon emission computed tomography and freehand three-dimensional e (2003)

Fang, Z. Y., Nelson, C. A., McCrohon, J., Rose, S., Khafagi, F., Marwick, T. H.

Real-time 3D echo increases feasibility of sequential echo follow-up in the real world - reduction of test-retest variation of LV parameters (2003)

Jenkins, C., Wylie, B. K., Bricknell, K., Fang, Z. Y., Marwick, T. H.

Association of severe coronary stenosis with subclinical regional left ventricular dysfunction in the absence of myocardial infarction (2002)

Yuda, S., Fang, Z. Y., Marwick, T. H.

Mutational analysis of human T-cell leukemia virus type 2 Tax.

Ross, T M, Minella, A C, Fang, Z Y, Pettiford, S M, Green, P L

A mutational analysis of human T-cell leukemia virus type 2 (HTLV-2) Tax (Tax-2) was performed to identify regions within Tax-2 important for activation of promoters through the CREB/ATF or...

Purification and characterization of adult diarrhea rotavirus: identification of viral structural proteins.

Fang, Z Y, Glass, R I, Penaranda, M, Dong, H, Monroe, S S, Wen, L, ...

Adult diarrhea rotavirus (ADRV) is a newly identified strain of noncultivable human group B rotavirus that has been epidemic in the People's Republic of China since 1982. We have used sodium dodecyl...

Serum antibody response to recombinant major inner capsid protein following human infection with group B rotavirus.

Eiden, J J, Mouzinho, A, Lindsay, D A, Glass, R I, Fang, Z Y, Taylor, J L

Recombinant major inner capsid protein (VP6) of the IDIR strain of group B rotavirus (GBR) was incorporated in a solid-phase immunoassay to access antibody response to infection in humans. Expression...

Hepatic infection by thymidine kinase-positive and thymidine kinase-negative herpes simplex virus after partial hepatectomy.

Fang, Z Y, Tenser, R B, Rapp, F

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection of mouse liver after partial hepatectomy was studied. Partial hepatectomy resulted in the rapid onset of cellular DNA synthesis and the appearance of many mitotic...

Seroepidemiology of adult diarrhea rotavirus in China, 1977 to 1987.

Penaranda, M E, Ho, M S, Fang, Z Y, Dong, H, Bai, X S, Duan, S C, ...

In 1982, large outbreaks of diarrhea that were caused by group B adult diarrhea rotavirus (ADRV) occurred throughout the People's Republic of China. Until 1982, group B rotavirus had never been...

Polymerase chain reaction amplification and typing of rotavirus nucleic acid from stool specimens.

Gouvea, V, Glass, R I, Woods, P, Taniguchi, K, Clark, H F, Forrester, B, ...

The rotavirus gene segment coding for the major outer capsid glycoprotein vp7 was amplified directly from stool specimens by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Double-stranded RNA extracted from...

Detection of group B and C rotaviruses by polymerase chain reaction.

Gouvea, V, Allen, J R, Glass, R I, Fang, Z Y, Bremont, M, Cohen, J, ...

We adapted the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect the noncultivatable group B and C rotaviruses and introduced a simple and convenient technique to purify viral RNA from stool specimens....