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Comparative study of pressure (ankle-brachial pressure index) and flow (strain gauge plethysmography and reactive hyperaemia) measurements in diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease in patients with severe aortic stenosis.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundThe measurement of the ankle-brachial pressure index is a straightforward method for the detection of peripheral disease in the lower limbs. Only a few old studies with small numbers of patients have been conducted comparing the gold standard ...
Nadjib Schahab, Rolf Fimmers, Thorsten Mahn, Christian Schaefer, Vedat Tiyerili, Georg Nickenig, Jan-Malte Sinning, Anja Stundl   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Segmentation of Coronary Artery Stenosis in X-ray Angiography using Mamba Models [PDF]

2024 14th International Conference on Computer and Knowledge Engineering (ICCKE), Mashhad, Iran, Islamic Republic of, 2024, pp. 326-331
Coronary artery disease stands as one of the primary contributors to global mortality rates. The automated identification of coronary artery stenosis from X-ray images plays a critical role in the diagnostic process for coronary heart disease. This task is challenging due to the complex structure of coronary arteries, intrinsic noise in X-ray images ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Music Interventions in Hyperacute and Acute Stroke Patients: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Feasibility Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Music interventions have been shown to have beneficial effects on hemodynamic parameters, pain, and anxiety in various medical settings. However, music interventions in the setting of acute stroke have not been studied. The objective of this trial was to perform a pilot feasibility study of music interventions in the setting of acute
Jeffrey J. Fletcher, Allison Edberg, Ronald Grifka, Joan Westendorp, Augusto Elias, Jacquie Knott, Elizabeth Martin, Fazeel Siddiqui   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ischemia-modified albumin in type 2 diabetic patients with and without peripheral arterial disease

Clinics, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether there is an association between serum ischemia-modified albumin and the risk factor profile in type 2 diabetic patients with peripheral arterial disease and to identify the risk markers for peripheral arterial disease ...
Shao-Gang Ma, Chun-Ling Wei, Bing Hong, Wei-Nan Yu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deep Learning-Based Prediction of Fractional Flow Reserve along the Coronary Artery [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
Functionally significant coronary artery disease (CAD) is caused by plaque buildup in the coronary arteries, potentially leading to narrowing of the arterial lumen, i.e. coronary stenosis, that significantly obstructs blood flow to the myocardium. The current reference for establishing the presence of a functionally significant stenosis is invasive ...
arxiv  

Incidence of and Risk of Mortality After Hip Fractures in Rheumatoid Arthritis Relative to the General Population

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Osteoporosis, a known complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), increases the risk of hip fracture, which is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Fracture risk estimates in patients with RA treated with contemporary treatment strategies are lacking.
C. Allyson Jones, Pierre Guy, Hui Xie, Eric C. Sayre, Kai Zhao, Diane Lacaille   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and Arterial Stiffening: Relevance in Development, Aging, and Disease.

Physiological Reviews, 2017
The cushioning function of large arteries encompasses distension during systole and recoil during diastole which transforms pulsatile flow into a steady flow in the microcirculation.
P. Lacolley, V. Regnault, P. Segers, S. Laurent   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Immunosuppressive Drugs in Early Systemic Sclerosis and Prevention of Damage Accrual

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Organ damage in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in individual organs such as the lungs may be prevented by receiving immunosuppressive drugs (ISs). A new measure of global organ damage, the Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium Damage Index (SCTC‐DI), has allowed us to investigate whether receiving ISs may reduce global organ damage ...
Murray Baron, Mandana Nikpour, Dylan Hansen, Susanna Proudman, Wendy Stevens, on behalf of the Australian Scleroderma Interest Group and the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group, Joanne Sahhar, Nava Ferdowsi, Kathleen Morrisroe, Laura Ross, Gene Siew Ngian, Jennifer Walker, Janet Roddy, Lauren Host, Mohammed Osman, Peter Docherty, Paul Fortin, Marvin Jacob Fritzler, Genevieve Gyger, Alena Ikic, Niall Jones, Elzbieta Kaminska, Maggie Larche, Sophie Ligier, Ada Man, Ariel Masetto, Janet Pope, David Robinson, Tatiana Sofia Rodriguez‐Reyna, Mianbo Wang   +29 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fused Segmentation of Geometric Models for Myocardium and Coronary Artery via Medial Axis [PDF]

arXiv, 2017
Coronary arteries and their branches supply blood to myocardium. The obstruction of coronary arteries results in significant loss of myocardium, called acute myocardial infarction, and the number one cause of death globally. Hence, quantification of the regional amount of heart muscle subtended by obstructed coronary arteries is of critical value in ...
arxiv  

Considering the Risks and Costs of Solid Organ Xenotransplantation

Advanced Biology, EarlyView.
This perspective discusses the rationale, risks, and costs of whole‐organ xenotransplantation. It considers alternative strategies to obviate the demand for transplants and optimize allotransplantation systems and practices that do not impose xenotransplantation's harms and risks, and whether they are the most ethical and effective means to increase ...
Catharine E. Krebs, Janine McCarthy, Kristie Sullivan, James Craner, Brendan Parent, Ann Lam   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source