New Scores for the Assessment o ...
Nonsurgical management of patients with symptomatic mitral valve stenosis has been established as the therapeutic modality of choice for two decades ...
Assessment of Coronary Flow Dur ...
The aim of this review is to focus on the additional diagnostic and prognostic value of Doppler echocardiographicderived coronary flow reserve over ...
Evaluation of Atrial and Ventri ...
Within this report we present a state of the art assessment of the status of 3D echocardiographic imaging (3D echo) of atrial septal defect (ASD) an ...
Physical Activity, Weight Loss, ...
Contemporary studies now suggest that multifactorial risk factor modification—especially smoking cessation, more intensive dietary modifications, ph ...
Liver Resection for Colorectal ...
Liver resection is the only cure-oriented strategy for colorectal liver metastases, even in elderly patients. In the literature, there are no signif ...
Extreme Insulin Resistance: Ind ...
The use of U-500 insulin in the management of highly insulin resistant diabetic patients is growing. There are a number of reports that have noted t ...
Insulin Analogues in the Manage ...
Since their introduction, insulin analogues are the preferred choice for short-acting insulin due to their superior pharmacologic profiles, leading ...
What is the Role of Hyperbaric ...
Systemic hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) is accomplished when a patient is breathing 100% oxygen in an environment with increased barometric pressure. A typ ...
Antifungal Therapy in Pediatric ...
Invasive fungal infections still play a major role in morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients, especially in children undergoing therapy for a ...
Current Approach to the Treatme ...
Achalasia is a primary esophagealmotility disorder characterized by aperistalsis and incomplete or absent relaxation of the lower esophageal sphinct ...
The DASH Diet and Insulin Sensi ...
Lifestyle modifications, including adoption of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) dietary pattern, weight loss in individuals who ar ...
Dual-Acting Angiotensin Recepto ...
Lowering blood pressure by pharmacologic intervention reduces the incidence of cardiovascular events. Nevertheless, despite the widespread availabil ...
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a relatively rare thoracic malignancy accounting for about 2000–3000 new cases per year. This cancer has bee ...
Systemic Therapy Options for Un ...
Chordoma is an exceedingly rare tumor, marked by a slow growth rate. Surgery is the treatment of choice, but the most frequent sites of origin (spin ...
Systematic Therapy for Unresect ...
Unresectable or metastatic disease occurs in 40% to 60% of soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) patients and portends a poor prognosis. For decades, doxorubici ...
Treatment of Chronic Migraine H ...
Chronic migraine headache remains an exceedingly difficult entity to manage. Treatment of chronic migraine headache with onabotulinumtoxinA has rece ...
A Unifying Hypothesis for Scler ...
We propose that a recent change in the conception of the role of type 1 interferon and the identification of adventitial stem cells suggests a unify ...
Contemporary Imaging of the Ren ...
Renal masses increasingly are detected incidentally in asymptomatic individuals. Accurate characterization of these lesions is important for clinica ...
Riboflavin Depletion Impairs Ce ...
Background and Aims Riboflavin (vitamin B2) is an essential dietary component with a known function in oxidative metabolism. Our previous data using ...
Surgical Prophylaxis of Pouchit ...
Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) is now the procedure of choice for most patients requiring proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis. The J-shaped ...
Increase of Colonic Mast Cells ...
Background Mast cells are involved in visceral hypersensitivity and motor activity of the gastrointestinal tract. However, there is almost no inform ...
Severe Acute Pancreatitis Durin ...
Objective Acute pancreatitis during pregnancy is a rare and dangerous disease. This study attempts to present a comprehensive analysis of severe acu ...
Pharyngeal Swallowing Sound Pro ...
Recently, we described three components of a normal pharyngeal swallowing sound. The aim of the present study was to identify variations of these co ...
Insight into physical activity ...
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is increasingly reported in children, mainly in the presence of overweight/ obesity. From the most recent report, up to 60 ...
Stress hormone levels in saliva ...
Objective Using shogi, a representative table game popular in Japan, to model a stress situation, we investigated the modulatory effects of player c ...