Cardiology General
Apr 28, 2020
Around 76,000 people fracture their hip annually in the UK at a considerable personal, social and financial cost. Despite longstanding debate, the optimal mode of anaesthesia (general or spinal) remai...
Apr 28, 2020
As the population of obese and severely obese young adults grows, it is becoming increasingly important to recognize the long-term risks associated with adolescent obesity.This study aimed to determin...
Apr 28, 2020
In end-to-side vessel-anastomoses, a side fenestration should be made by a slit incision or partial excision of the vessel wall. However, a slit incision might restrict blood flow across the anastomo...
Apr 28, 2020
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, and a health problem in low- and middle-income as well as high-income countries. They also constitute the main cause of death in Latin...
Apr 28, 2020
Transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) has been shown to have half the rates of transient ischemic attack (TIA), stroke and death compared to transfemoral carotid artery stenting (TFCAS). Succes...
Apr 28, 2020
Intracerebral hemorrhage is a devastating vascular event. Clinical factors prognostic of recurrence facilitating individualized post-bleeding patient management are sparsely described. We aimed to des...
Apr 28, 2020
Osteopenia is common in the elderly, increasing their risk of sustaining cervical fractures after ground level falls (GLFs). We sought to examine the incidence of blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) a...
Apr 28, 2020
Implantable loop recorders (ILR) are recommended to detect atrial fibrillation (AF) in cases of cryptogenic stroke. However, real life data besides controlled trials are rare. Aim of the study was the...
Apr 28, 2020
Muscle weakness is one of the most common motor impairments after stroke. A variety of progressive muscular changes are reported in chronic stroke survivors, and it is now feasible to consider these c...
Apr 28, 2020
Warfarin is standard anticoagulation therapy for patients with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device (CF-LVAD). However, warfarin requires regular monitoring and dosage adjustments and fail...
Apr 28, 2020
Great progress has been made in miRNA nanodelivery for the treatment of myocardial infarction (MI). However, miRNA nanodelivery within the infarct is impeded by microvascular obstruction as a local ci...
Apr 28, 2020
Clinical data on short mandatory dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) followed by P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy, compared with prolonged DAPT in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) ...
Apr 28, 2020
Randomized controlled trials have compared the early and mid-term prognosis of on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and off-pump CABG. However, the results are controversial, and there is li...
Apr 28, 2020
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) results in right ventricular (RV) dysfunction due, in part, to RV ischemia. The relative contribution of RV microvascular rarefaction versus reduced right coronar...
Apr 28, 2020
As a naturally occurring furanocoumarin, the medicinal value of imperatorin has been studied more and more. We hope to provide useful information for the further development of imperatorin by analyzin...
Apr 28, 2020
Currently, there are various types of patches available on the market for carotid endarterectomy (CEA) with enlargement angioplasty, prosthetic and biological patches including bovine pericardial patc...
Apr 28, 2020
In ambulatory care settings, physicians largely rely on clinical guidelines and guideline-based clinical decision support (CDS) systems to make decisions on hypertension treatment. However, current cl...
Apr 28, 2020
Diabetic nephropathy (DN), a common complication of diabetes mellitus, is the main cause of end-stage nephropathy, and thus developing novel strategies for reversing DN remains urgent. Astragaloside I...
Apr 28, 2020
Acromegaly is a disease characterized by overproduction of growth hormone (GH). As a consequence of excessive GH secretion, circulating insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) is elevated in active (untr...
Apr 28, 2020
To evaluate the oral health status, oral health related habits and halitosis of children with and without type 1 diabetes.In this study oral health status of children with and without type 1 diabetes ...