Feb 13, 2020

Injection laryngoplasty is a common procedure for patients with vocal fold dysfunction, but the literature on its benefits has been mainly focused on those related to structural lesions or laryngeal n...

Feb 13, 2020

Neurovascular coupling enables rapid adaptation of cerebral blood flow (CBF) to support neuronal activity. Modern techniques enable the simultaneous recording of neuronal activities and hemodynamic pa...

Feb 13, 2020

Patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), such as polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, and primary myelofibrosis, are at increased risk for arterial and venous thrombosis/thromboembo...

Feb 13, 2020

Woven coronary artery is a very rare congenital anomaly which may lead to acute coronary syndrome in previous literatures. At present, there is no consensus on the treatment of this coronary artery ab...

Feb 13, 2020

A spontaneous rupture of the bladder diverticulum in an adult patient is extremely rare. The recommended treatment is surgery. However, some cases can be successfully treated with urinary catheterizat...

Feb 13, 2020

It is important to be able to estimate the anticipated net population benefit if the performance of hospitals is improved to specific standards.The objective of this study was to show how G-computatio...

Feb 13, 2020

Polymer-free drug-coated stents provide superior clinical outcomes to bare-metal stents in patients at high bleeding risk who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and are treated with 1 mo...

Feb 13, 2020

Impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) may convey disparate risks of metabolic consequences. Fasting plasma glucose (FPG), while an expedient screening procedure, may not ...

Feb 13, 2020

Bilateral parietal thinning (BPT) of the calvarium is uncommon but can lead to significant morbidity, including pain or communication through the thinned bone. This study aimed to define and character...

Feb 13, 2020

Menopausal transition contributes to sarcopenia, but the effects of hormone therapy (HT) on sarcopenia in postmenopausal women have not been determined. This study assessed the effect of HT on sarcope...

Feb 13, 2020

Midlife women experience elevated risk for cardiovascular disease and often receive advice to increase physical activity to mitigate this risk. Use of accelerometers to measure ambulatory physical act...

Feb 13, 2020

Eight Constitution Medicine (ECM) is a Korean constitutional medicine system that classifies people into 8 types: Pulmotonia (PUL), Colonotonia (COL), Renotonia (REN), Vesicotonia (VES), Pancreotonia ...

Feb 13, 2020

A sizeable proportion of patients have discordant low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C).We assessed the relationship between discordance ...

Feb 13, 2020

Leptin (LEP) is a peptide hormone that acts via leptin receptor (LEPR) binding. Genetic evidence from different human populations has implicated LEP/LEPR in the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease...

Feb 13, 2020

Monogenic familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is associated with lifelong elevations in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (...

Feb 13, 2020

Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a valid, clinically feasible marker of arterial stiffening, and a strong predictor of outcomes. The present study aimed to compare aortic elastic properties in patients wi...

Feb 13, 2020

Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) or flutter is prevalent among patients with cryptogenic stroke. The goal of this study was to investigate the feasibility of incorporating a fast-track, long term...

Feb 13, 2020

The aim of the study was to determine the outcome, prescribed therapy, and localization of non-traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage in patients with atrial fibrillation.This retrospective study enrolle...

Feb 13, 2020

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is encountered rarely in pregnancy. Management of maternal AF is challenging as it poses a threat to both maternal and fetal well-being.We report a case of a 35 weeks pregnant...

Feb 13, 2020

To determine the risk factors related to hemorrhagic transformation in Chinese patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with intravenous thrombolysis.Studies published in different languages were r...