Cardiology General
May 05, 2020
To identify significant bleeding complications following spinal interventions in patients taking medications with antiplatelet or anticoagulation effect.Retrospective chart review of a 12-month period...
May 05, 2020
Repair of portal vein injury in a hostile abdomen can be very challenging, complicated by massive hemorrhage or stenosis. It can seldom be successfully carried out, even by experienced hepatobiliary s...
May 05, 2020
Isolated distal deep vein thromboses (IDDVT) represent up to 50 % of legs deep vein thromboses (DVT). However, since their natural history is to date unknown, the need to diagnose and treat them is ...
May 05, 2020
The adoption of wearables in medicine has rapidly expanded worldwide. New generations of wearables are emerging, driven by consumers' demand to monitor their own health. With the ongoing development o...
May 05, 2020
A right infra-axillary thoracotomy can offer excellent exposure of the mitral valve. This study evaluated this incision for high-risk patients undergoing redo mitral valve procedures.Of a series of 18...
May 05, 2020
We analysed the importance of systemic and peripheral arteriovenous O difference (a- O and a-v O difference, respectively) and O extraction fraction for maximal oxygen uptake ( O ). Fick law of diff...
May 05, 2020
Growth differentiation factor (GDF) 11 levels decline with aging. The age-related loss of GDF 11 has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a variety of age-related diseases. GDF11 supplementation rev...
May 05, 2020
Clinical trials for acute conditions such as myocardial infarction and stroke pose challenges related to informed consent due to time limitations, stress, and severe illness. Consent processes should ...
May 05, 2020
To investigate the association of pre-stenting intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) evaluation on procedural and clinical outcomes for diffuse lesions treated with drug-eluting stent (DES).In four randomis...
May 05, 2020
Cardiac abnormalities are frequently reported in acute subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) patients. However, frank ST-elevation and myocardial dysfunction mimicking acute coronary syndrome is a rare occurr...
May 05, 2020
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major healthcare challenge contributing to high morbidity and mortality. Treatment options are still limited, mainly due to insufficient understanding of the underlying p...
May 05, 2020
Intensive care unit (ICU) patients with the most severe forms of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) require invasive therapies such as extracorporeal life support. The risk of bleeding in ICU patients with...
May 05, 2020
Psoriasis is one of the most frequent chronic inflammatory dermatoses in the world. Data on the prevalence of psoriasis in adults differ depending on the study.To estimate the prevalence of patients w...
May 05, 2020
Longstanding ostium secundum atrial septal defects lead to functional tricuspid regurgitation. Significant functional tricuspid regurgitation associated with left heart valve disease is addressed at t...
May 05, 2020
Methyltransferase-like protein 3 (METTL3) regulates multiple cell functions and diseases by modulating N-methyladenosine (mA) modifications. However, it is still unclear whether METTL3 involves in the...
May 05, 2020
Aimed to find the cut-off point of handgrip strength and it's association with MetS.The relative handgrip strength was negatively associated with the prevalence of MetS. Of note, the odds ratios (ORs)...
May 05, 2020
De novo lipogenesis is tightly regulated by insulin and nutritional signals to maintain metabolic homeostasis. Excessive lipogenesis induces lipotoxicity, leading to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (...
May 05, 2020
Chronic Kidney Disease of uncertain etiology (CKDu) is an endemic, disease that mostly affects young agricultural workers in the rural dry zone of Sri Lanka. This study was designed to identify specif...
May 05, 2020
Individualized treatment rules (ITRs) tailor medical treatments according to patient-specific characteristics in order to optimize patient outcomes. Data from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are u...
May 05, 2020
Cardiac adaptation to sustained exercise in the athletes is established. However, exercise-associated effect on the cardiac function of the elderly has to be elucidated. The aim of this study was to a...