Predictive factors for function ...
Background To identify predictive factors for improvement of visual acuity and central retinal thickness by intravitreal bevacizumab for the treatme ...
Acute macular neuroretinopathy: ...
Background Acute macular neuroretinopathy is a rare disease which occurs in young women and causes sudden paracentral scotoma and typical reddish-br ...
The symmetry of phenotype betwe ...
Background Macular degeneration is known to be a bilateral disease. This study set out to determine the symmetry of phenotype between eyes of patien ...
Protective effects of human umb ...
Background The majority of studies addressing traumatic optic neuropathy (TON) have focused on drugs, proteins, cytokines, and various surgical tech ...
Effect of contact lenses on the ...
Background The aim of this study was to analyze and compare the effects of rigid gas permeable and soft contact lenses on the protein composition in ...
Stereopsis in bilaterally multi ...
Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate stereoacuity in patients with bilateral implantation of an aspheric bifocal intraocular lens (I ...
Lack of correlation between sho ...
Introduction Diabetic retinopathy is characterized by morphological lesions in the ocular fundus related to impairment of the retinal blood flow. Th ...
Titanium back plate for a PMMA ...
Background/Purpose To compare the rate of retroprosthetic membrane (RPM) formation in Boston Keratoprosthesis (BKPro) with polymethyl methacrylate ( ...
Different effects of low- and h ...
Background Clinical trials have demonstrated that acute intensive insulin therapy may cause transient worsening of retinopathy in type 1 and type 2 ...
Restoration of the photorecepto ...
Background To evaluate the prognostic value of foveal microstructures as determined using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in e ...
Reliability of vessel diameter ...
Background The purpose of this study was to test the reliability of vessel diameter measurements with a newly developed retinal oximeter. Methods T ...
Trocar-guided polypropylene mes ...
This study was conducted to assess the subjective outcome, complications and cure rates of prolapse surgery with a standardized trocar-quided polypr ...
Combining NovaSure® endometrial ...
Since NovaSure® endometrial ablation (GEA) is not reliable as contraception, a reliable permanent contraceptive method which can be offered during t ...
The 5352 A allele of the pro-in ...
Late-acquired stent malapposition (LASM) is a common finding after sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) implantation and may be the cause for late stent th ...
A rare connection by newly form ...
Neovascularization such as formation of collateral vessels following total occlusion of native coronary artery is common in coronary artery disease. ...
Development of a model for pred ...
Monocytes and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) play important roles in the process of coronary atherosclerosis. We hypothesized that a r ...
A novel method of augmenting ge ...
This study presents a novel method that direct intramyocardial injection of low-dose plasmid DNA and microbubbles combined with insonation could fur ...
Endothelin-1 prolongs intracell ...
Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is involved in the development of cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. We investigated the effects of ET-1 on intracellular ca ...
Independent no-reflow predictor ...
Independent no-reflow predictors should be evaluated in female patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) and successful ...
Different strategies for perfor ...
Pulmonary vein (PV) isolation was performed in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients whose cardiac rhythm was dominated by the ectopic beats originating ...
Arrhythmias and vagus nerve sti ...
Enhancing vagal tone by delivering electrical stimulation to the vagal nerves (VNS) is emerging as a promising novel therapy in heart failure. In ad ...
Implantable cardioverter-defibr ...
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators have proven efficacy in reducing mortality in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction in bo ...
The role of nuclear imaging in ...
Heart failure represents a common disease affecting approximately 5 million patients in the United States. Several conditions play an important role ...
Cystatin C: a step forward in a ...
The cardiorenal syndrome is a clinical manifestation of the bidirectional interaction between the heart and kidneys. Evaluating renal function is an ...
Role of ACE2 in diastolic and s ...
A novel angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) homolog, named ACE2, is a monocarboxypeptidase which metabolizes several peptides. ACE2 degrades Angiote ...