Cardioprotective MicroRNAs
Is Weight Loss Better Sustained ...
Background While some studies have shown that longlimb gastric bypass with Roux limb length of 150 to 200 cm can attain better weight loss outcomes ...
Veress Needle: A Simple Liver R ...
A key problem in the application of SILS to gastric banding (and other gastric surgeries) is how to achieve adequate retraction of the liver, withou ...
Maxillary cementoblastoma—a rar ...
Background This paper highlights the unusual and rare presentation of a cementoblastoma in the maxilla. It also discusses a review on this odontogen ...
Development of a simulation sys ...
Purpose Surgical simulation should reflect the 3D movement of dentition and the resultant movement of the osteotomized segments, which can influence ...
Sliding Bone Graft at the Dista ...
Objective Wide resection of a tumor of the distal femur in healthy tissue while sparing the knee joint and preserving function of the limb. Indica ...
The Use of the T-Saw for Expans ...
Objective Enlargement of the cervical spinal canal in patients with spinal cord compression. Indications Multisegmental spinal cord compression of ...
Changes in cortical bone respon ...
Summary Diabetic obesity is associated with increased fracture risk in adults and adolescents. We find in both adolescent and adult mice dramaticall ...
PTH level but not 25 (OH) vitam ...
Summary We assessed the impact of calciotropic hormones on bone loss in 195 elderly subjects. After a median follow up of 4 years, parathyroid hormo ...
Prevalence of non-fracture shor ...
Summary We observed similar prevalence of short vertebral height without endplate depression (SVH) in young women aged 20–39 years and older women a ...
Arzoxifene versus raloxifene: e ...
Summary Arzoxifene increased bone mineral density and decreased bone turnover to a significantly greater extent than raloxifene. The hot flush incid ...
Estimation of the lifetime risk ...
Summary In Canada in 2008, based on current rates of fracture and mortality, a woman or man at age 50 years will have a projected lifetime risk of f ...
Relationships of percent body f ...
Summary We examined ethnic difference in the association of body fat and trunk fat with bone mineral density (BMD) among Chinese, white, and black s ...
Feeding Complications in Hypopl ...
Gastrointestinal and feeding complications after the Norwood procedure in infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome increases morbidity and morta ...
Epigenetic Regulation of E2F-1- ...
A delicate balance exists between cell growth and cell death. In the context of the adult myocardium, inappropriate or inordinate cell loss through ...
Nonfluoroscopic and Radiation-L ...
The purpose of this study was to report the feasibility and procedural technique of minimal or no fluoroscopy in the ablation of ventricular arrhyth ...
Autophagy in Cardiac Plasticity ...
The heart is a highly plastic organ. In response to the physiological stress of normal life, as well as the pathological stress of disease, the myoc ...
The Fontan Operation: The Pursu ...
Our programmatic approach to the Fontan operation has evolved to include using an extracardiac conduit with aggressive presumptive treatment of asso ...
Cardioprotective MicroRNAs
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are involved in almost every aspect of a mammalian cell’s functionality, from stem cell differentiation to aging and pathogenesis ...
Prenatal Diagnosis of Cor Triat ...
Cor triatriatum sinister is a rare congenital heart defect related to incomplete common pulmonary vein resorption into the primitive heart. This les ...
Long-Term Outcome of Sirolimus- ...
Drug-eluting stents (DES) have markedly reduced the incidence of coronary in-stent restenosis. However, DES may be still vulnerable to coronary thro ...
Junctional Tachycardia in a Chi ...
A 3-year-old girl presented with fatigue, fever, and rash. Tachycardia was noted and an ECG showed junctional tachycardia. Lyme titers were positive ...
Anomalous Systemic Arterial Sup ...
Anomalous systemic arterial supply to the lung without sequestration, usually to the left lower lobe [2], is the rarest form of congenital pulmonary ...
Exercise-Induced Intraventricul ...
We report the case of a 10-year-old girl with two episodes of light-headedness and chest pain during exercise. She had an unremarkable clinical reco ...
Long-Term Follow-Up of Children ...
Our aim was to identify prognostic factors for an arrhythmic event (AE) in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) without a previous AE. On ...
Calcified Unruptured Sinus of V ...
Sinus of Valsalva aneurysms (SOVAs) might be congenital or acquired in origin. They might present as a rupture or as a consequence of compression on ...