Secondhand smoke exposure and risk of incident peripheral arterial disease and mortality: a Scotland-wide retrospective cohort study of 4045 non-smokers with cotinine measurement [PDF]
Background: Active smoking is an important risk factor for all-cause mortality and peripheral arterial disease (PAD). In contrast, published studies on the associations with secondhand smoke (SHS) are limited.
Lu, Liya +2 more
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Brugada-Type Electrocardiogram in the Taiwanese Population–Is it a Risk Factor for Sudden Death?
People receive electrocardiogram (ECG) examination for various reasons in a hospital setting. An important clinical practice issue may be that cardiologists need to be consulted for Brugada-type ECGs identified through routine screening.
Jyh-Ming Jimmy Juang +14 more
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Summary: Background: Obesity, cancer and diabetes frequently coexist. The association of glycaemic variability (GV) and obesity with cancer events had not been explored in diabetes.
Dandan Mao +11 more
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Post-Mortem Immunohistochemical Evidence of β2-Adrenergic Receptor Expression in the Adrenal Gland [PDF]
The evidence from post-mortem biochemical studies conducted on cortisol and catecholamines suggest that analysis of the adrenal gland could provide useful information about its role in human pathophysiology and the stress response.
Alibrandi A. +10 more
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Population Trends in All‐Cause Mortality and Cause Specific–Death With Incident Atrial Fibrillation
BACKGROUND Limited studies have evaluated population‐level temporal trends in mortality and cause of death in patients with contemporary managed atrial fibrillation. This study reports the temporal trends in 1‐year overall and cause‐specific mortality in
Sheldon M. Singh +7 more
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Risk factors for all-cause death after diagnosis of unruptured intracranial aneurysms [PDF]
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Juvela, Seppo, Lehto, Hanna
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Subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) are at increased risk for heart failure (HF). The cardiac-specific (FABP3) and adipose-tissue-specific (FABP4) types of the fatty acid binding proteins have been associated with both all-cause and ...
Ricardo Rodríguez-Calvo +14 more
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Retrospective Autopsy Based Analysis of Nature and Prevalence of Fatal Injuries in Lahore [PDF]
Bacckground: Autopsy is a medical examination conducted after death to ascertain the cause of death. For Clinical autopsies, the permission of the next of kin is required.
Saghir, R. (Rabia)
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Legionella pneumophila strain 130b evades macrophage cell death independent of the effector SidF in the absence of flagellin [PDF]
International audienceThe human pathogen Legionella pneumophila must evade host cell death signaling to enable replication in lung macrophages and to cause disease. After bacterial growth, however, L.
Abraham, Gilu +10 more
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Classification of stillbirths is an ongoing dilemma [PDF]
Aim: To compare different classification systems in a cohort of stillbirths undergoing a comprehensive workup; to establish whether a particular classification system is most suitable and useful in determining cause of death, purporting the lowest ...
Bonaccorsi, Gloria +9 more
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