Mar 04, 2020

The rate of readmission to the hospital and mortality within 3 months is used as a quality measure for hospitalized patients with advanced liver disease; however, the topic has not been studied adequa...

Mar 04, 2020

Inflammasome complex is a multimeric protein comprising of upstream sensor protein of nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptor family. It has an adaptor protein apoptosis-associat...

Mar 04, 2020

Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is rare in children, and pediatric guidelines are lacking. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate ET diagnosis and treatment in a pediatric cohort.Data of patients with ET from...

Mar 04, 2020

The association of clinical risk factors, in particular deep vein thrombosis (DVT), with risk stratification for pulmonary embolism (PE) remains to be identified. We therefore aimed to establish the r...

Mar 04, 2020

The value of D-dimer testing for the diagnosis of thrombosis in unusual sites is not properly established and evidence is scarce. We performed a systematic review of the literature.The search was cond...

Mar 04, 2020

Diabetes and atherosclerosis are the predominant causes of stroke and cardiovascular disease (CVD) both in low- and high-income countries. This is due to the lack of appropriate medical care or high m...

Mar 04, 2020

Robots in surgery aid in performing delicate, precise maneuvers that humans, with inherent physical abilities, may be limited to perform. The CorPath 200 system is FDA approved and is being implemente...

Mar 04, 2020

Given the prevalence of gait dysfunction following stroke, walking recovery is a primary goal of rehabilitation. However, current gait rehabilitation approaches fail to demonstrate consistent benefits...

Mar 04, 2020

Most comparative clinical trials are designed to assess the treatment effect for efficacy endpoints, with less emphasis on the analysis of safety outcomes. However, an extensive analysis of safety dat...

Mar 04, 2020

To evaluate the prognostic value of myocardial perfusion (MP) imaging during contrast stress echocardiography (cSE) in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD).A search in PubMed...

Mar 04, 2020

Myocardial infarction (MI) triggers a local inflammatory response which orchestrates cardiac repair and contributes to concurrent neuroinflammation. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor thera...

Mar 04, 2020

Myocardial strains can be calculated using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) feature-tracking (FT) algorithms. They show excellent intra- and inter-observer agreement but rather disappointing in...

Mar 04, 2020

Admission electrocardiographic (ECG) findings of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) include transient ST-segment elevation (TSTE), ST-segment depression (STD), T-wave inversion (T...

Mar 04, 2020

Combined training (CT) has been associated with positive responses in the clinical status of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Other non-pharmacological tools, such as amino acid supplementat...

Mar 04, 2020

The aim of this work was to study the effect of a high sodium (HS) diet on blood pressure and renal function in male adult rats that have been treated with a dual Endothelin receptor antagonist (ERA) ...

Mar 04, 2020

To observed the relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-(OH) D) and different cognitive domains and evaluated the predictive value of 25-(OH) D level for cognitive impairment in patients wi...

Mar 04, 2020

The risk of cancer is higher in patients with renal diseases and diabetes compared with the general population. The aim of this study was to assess in dialyzed patients, the association between diabet...

Mar 04, 2020

The parasellar region, located around the sella turcica, is an anatomically complex area representing a crossroads for important adjacent structures. Several lesions -including tumoral, inflammatory v...

Mar 04, 2020

The 2 most common causes of chronic kidney disease worldwide (type 2 diabetes and obesity) are states of nutrient excess, suggesting that fuel overabundance leads to deleterious effects on the structu...

Mar 04, 2020

Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), or gelatinase B, has been hypothesized to be involved in the progression of atherosclerosis. In the arterial wall, accumulated macrophages secrete considerable amou...