Apr 05, 2021

The use of controlled hypotension during neuraxial anesthesia for joint arthroplasty is controversial. We conducted a large institutional database analysis to assess common in-hospital complications a...

Apr 05, 2021

The anomalous circumflex coronary artery (ACCA) from the right coronary artery or sinus of Valsalva lies in proximity to the aortic valve annulus. We sought to determine the prevalence of injury to th...

Apr 05, 2021

Cardiothoracic surgery is one of the more highly litigated medical specialties, and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) constitutes a substantial portion of cardiothoracic surgery cases. Therefore,...

Apr 05, 2021

The underlying pathogenesis of patients with salt-sensitive hypertension expressing higher blood pressure and severer renal damage remains uncertain.We recruited 329 subjects, 131 in salt-sensitive (S...

Apr 05, 2021

Hypertension is considered a risk factor for a series of systematic diseases. Known factors including genetic predisposition, age, and diet habits are strongly associated with the initiation of hypert...

Apr 05, 2021

Several studies in the adult population have shown that obesity is an independent risk factor for elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), whereas data in the paediatric population are sparse and controve...

Apr 05, 2021

Hypoglycemic episodes are associated with worse hospital outcomes. All adult patients admitted to our burn center from 2015 to 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. Patient demographics and burn charact...

Apr 05, 2021

Diabetes is a complex disorder responsible for the mortality and morbidity of millions of individuals worldwide. Although many approaches have been used to understand and treat diabetes, the role of p...

Apr 05, 2021

Cell-surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) play key roles in regulating cell behavior, cell signaling, and cell matrix interactions in both physiological and pathological conditions. Their sol...

Apr 05, 2021

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness and safety of intravenous infusion of tirofiban after emergent angioplasty with or without stenting in patients with intracranial atherosclerotic sten...

Apr 05, 2021

This study aimed to investigate the association between carotid intima-media changes that play a part in the atherosclerotic process in childhood obesity and fibrin monomers as an important indicator ...

Apr 05, 2021

Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death in developed countries. The pathogenetic mechanism relies on a macrophage-based immune reaction to low density lipoprotein (LDL) deposition in blood vesse...

Apr 05, 2021

Total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC) is associated with a lower risk of incident atrial arrhythmias as compared to atriopulmonary Fontan, but the risk of recurrent atrial arrhythmias is unknown in th...

Apr 05, 2021

To investigate the safety and efficacy of percutaneous left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients (NVAF) with left atrial spontaneous echocardiographic contrast ...

Apr 05, 2021

Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart arrhythmia with a prevalence of approximately 2% in the western world. Atrial fibrillation is associated with an increased risk of death and morbidity. In ...

Apr 01, 2021

A 43-year-old woman admitted to our department because of abdominal pain, abdominal distension, pain on both inner thighs, and blurred vision lasting for 3 months. Pancytopenia and positive dsDNA anti...

Apr 01, 2021

Postoperative complications can significantly impact perioperative care management and planning.To assess machine learning (ML) models for predicting postoperative complications using independent and ...

Apr 01, 2021

Retrospective studies have demonstrated the efficacy and safety of pediatric and adolescent transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), but long-term outcomes warrant further investigation.T...

Apr 01, 2021

Clinical practice guidelines differ in their recommendations on first-line antihypertensive drug classes. No adequately powered randomised controlled trial have assessed all major drug classes against...

Apr 01, 2021

To validate the hypothesis that cryptogenic stroke with multiple infarcts included embolic stroke due to left atrial appendage (LAA) dysfunction, the present retrospective observational study was aime...