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Robot-Assisted Surgical Treatment of Caseoma [PDF]

Texas Heart Institute Journal
This report reviews 5 cases of mitral annular caseoma. Four patients presented with fatigue, stroke, or mitral stenosis. Robot-assisted resection of caseoma with or without mitral valve replacement was successfully performed in all patients with good ...
Nancy Wang, BS, Abdussalam Elsenousi, MD, Kenneth K. Liao, MD, PhD   +2 more
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Extensive calcification in adenocarcinoma of the lung: A case report

Thoracic Cancer, 2020
Calcification in lung nodules usually indicates a benign lesion. Here, we report the case of a 59‐year‐old male patient with a well defined 30 mm calcified nodule in his right upper lung lobe and calcified mediastinal lymph nodes.
Fumiaki Watanabe, Katsutoshi Adachi, Kentaro Ito, Soichi Iwanaka, Ayaka Ohiwa, Yasumasa Sakakura, Tadashi Nishimura, Masahiro Naito   +7 more
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Differential predictability for high-risk plaque characteristics between fractional flow reserve and instantaneous wave-free ratio

Scientific Reports, 2023
To evaluate the differential associations of high-risk plaque characteristics (HRPC) with resting or hyperemic physiologic indexes (instantaneous wave-free ratio [iFR] or fractional flow reserve [FFR]), a total of 214 vessels from 127 patients with ...
Joo Myung Lee, Doosup Shin, Seung Hun Lee, Ki Hong Choi, Sung Mok Kim, Eun Ju Chun, Kwan Yong Lee, Doyeon Hwang, Sung Gyun Ahn, Adam J. Brown, Hernán Mejía-Rentería, Adrien Lefieux, David Molony, Kiyuk Chang, Tsunekazu Kakuta, Javier Escaned, Habib Samady   +16 more
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Vitamin D, a modulator of musculoskeletal health in chronic kidney disease [PDF]

, 2017
The spectrum of activity of vitamin D goes beyond calcium and bone homeostasis, and growing evidence suggests that vitamin D contributes to maintain musculoskeletal health in healthy subjects as well as in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD ...
Jordi Bover, Juan J. Carrero, null null, Pablo Molina, Pablo Ureña Torres, Philippe Chauveau, Sandro Mazzaferro   +6 more
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High cut-off dialysis mitigates pro-calcific effects of plasma on vascular progenitor cells

Scientific Reports, 2021
Mortality of patients with end-stage renal disease tremendously exceeds that of the general population due to excess cardiovascular morbidity.
Theres Schaub, Daniel Janke, Daniel Zickler, Claudia Lange, Matthias Girndt, Ralf Schindler, Duska Dragun, Björn Hegner   +7 more
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Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Specific Coronary Artery Calcification in Postmenopausal Women [PDF]

Journal of Tehran University Heart Center, 2009
Background: Myocardial infarctions at different locations have been related to different sets of risk factors. This study was designed to examine the association between cardiovascular risk factors and specific coronary artery calcification (CAC ...
Siamak Sabour, Marie Louise Bartelink, Annemarieke Rutten, Diederick E Grobbee, Mathias Prokop, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Michiel L Bots   +6 more
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Inhibition of MAPK-Erk pathway in vivo attenuates aortic valve disease processes in Emilin1-deficient mouse model [PDF]

, 2017
Aortic valve disease (AVD) is a common condition with a progressive natural history, and presently, there are no pharmacologic treatment strategies. Elastic fiber fragmentation (EFF) is a hallmark of AVD, and increasing evidence implicates developmental ...
Aikawa, Barnette, Basalyga, Bonow, Brown-Augsburger, Brunskill, Brunskill, Chung, Fondard, Franco, Gallegos, Gapski, Ghosh, Gu, Helske, Hinton, Hinton, Holm, Ihn, Iverson, Jensen, Keane, Krenz, Liang, Lindeman, Marshall, Mercer, Mohler, Mozaffarian, Munjal, Nishimura, Nkomo, Perrotta, Poggio, Potter, Rajamannan, Rossebo, Sauls, Schmieder, Schoen, Starcher, Vesely, Wirrig, Wylie-Sears, Xiong, Xiong   +45 more
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Slc20a2 is critical for maintaining a physiologic inorganic phosphate level in cerebrospinal fluid

Neurogenetics, 2015
Mutations in the SLC20A2-gene encoding the inorganic phosphate (Pi) transporter PiT2 can explain approximately 40 % of the familial cases of the rare neurodegenerative disorder primary familial brain calcification (Fahr’s disease).
N. Jensen, J. Autzen, L. Pedersen
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Collagens - structure, function and biosynthesis. [PDF]

, 2003
The extracellular matrix represents a complex alloy of variable members of diverse protein families defining structural integrity and various physiological functions.
Aigner, T, Gelse, K, Poschl, E
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Elongated styloid process: Is it a pathologic condition?

Indian Journal of Dental Research, 2011
Objectives: The aims of this study were to evaluate the length, morphology, and calcification patterns of the elongated stylohyoid process (ESP) on panoramic radiographs and to investigate the symptoms related to it.
Najmeh Anbiaee, Abbas Javadzadeh
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