Blood Lipids and Stroke: What M ...
Statin therapy has became the most important advance in stroke prevention since the introduction of aspirin and blood pressure–lowering therapies. O ...
The Role of Matrix Metalloprote ...
The matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family of enzymes is involved in arterial wall extracellular matrix degradation and remodeling. The latter activit ...
Pharmacologic Stress Using Sele ...
Adenosine and dipyridamole are nonselective A2A adenosine receptor agonists that provide reproducible coronary vasodilation thereby inducing flow di ...
Coronary MRA: Technical Advance ...
Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) has become a routine clinical tool to evaluate arteries in the head and neck, abdomen, and extremities. However ...
Assessment of the Right Ventric ...
In the last decade, the role of the right ventricle (RV) has been increasingly recognized in a variety of conditions, contributing to the pathophysi ...
An Update on the Biology of RAS ...
Deaths caused by colorectal cancer (CRC) are among the leading causes of cancer-related death in the United States and around the world. Approximate ...
Technical Advances in Getting t ...
Clinical demand for colonoscopy has increased with the introduction of colorectal cancer screening worldwide. The goal is a complete, comfortable, a ...
Central Nervous System Involvem ...
Diabetic neuropathy is a chronic and often disabling condition that affects a significant number of individuals with diabetes. Long considered a dis ...
Non–Culture-Based Methods for t ...
Given the limitations of current fungal diagnostics, the use of non–culture-based methods for the diagnosis of invasive candidiasis (IC) is highly w ...
Aldosterone-Receptor Antagonist ...
The recent publication of the Eplerenone in Mild Patients Hospitalization and Survival Study in Heart Failure (EMPHASIS-HF) has affirmed the importa ...
Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV ...
Reducing the incidence of HIV remains one of our greatest public health challenges. However, there is growing optimism that preexposure prophylaxis ...
Estimation of Glomerular Filtra ...
Because of the high prevalence of chronic kidney disease, estimation of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is necessary to diagnose, stage, and fo ...
Novel Approaches to Oral Immuni ...
Hepatitis B is a necroinflammatory liver disease manifested with subacute to acute symptoms, liver cirrhosis, and mortality. Parenteral alum-adsorbe ...
Current Status of Nonantibiotic ...
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a leading cause of nosocomial infections and the most important cause of health care-associated diarrhea wo ...
Gait Abnormalities in Multiple ...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system characterized by episodic decline in various neurologic functions. ...
Current Clinical Trials in Cast ...
Seven years passed since docetaxel/prednisone demonstrated and overall survival benefit, leading to its approval by the FDA for metastatic castratio ...
A Short Primer on the Calcium S ...
The gastrointestinal (GI) tract handles a complex task of nutrient absorption and excretion of excess fluid, electrolytes, and toxic substances. GI ...
The Effect of Antisecretory The ...
Background Conventional catheter-based and wireless pH monitoring continue to be widely used for the evaluation of GERD symptoms despite the emergen ...
The Expression of Both Peroxiso ...
Background The role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta (PPAR d) in the development and progression of colorectal cancer (CRC) remai ...
Long-Term Effect of Interferon ...
Introduction Several studies have reported that interferon therapy increases elimination rate of HBeAg and anti-HBe seroconversion in chronic hepati ...
Serum Antibodies to Mycobacteri ...
Background Because Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP), the etiologic agent of Johne’s disease in ruminant, has been identified in ...
Clinicopathological Characteris ...
Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with bile duct tumor thrombi (BDTT) is a rare type of primary liver cancer, and its clinical and pathologi ...
Evaluation of Microvessels in C ...
Background/Aims Narrow band imaging (NBI) magnification analysis has entered use in clinical settings to diagnose colorectal tumors. Pit pattern ana ...
Idiopathic Noncirrhotic Intrahe ...
Background ADAMTS13 deficiency leading to excess ultralarge vonWillebrand factor (VWF) multimers and platelet clumping is typically found in thrombo ...
Drug-Induced Autoimmune-Like He ...
The clinical phenotype of classical autoimmune hepatitis can be mimicked by idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury, and differentiation can be diff ...