Aneurysmal degeneration of the thoracoabdominal aorta after medical management of type B aortic dissections [PDF]
Patients with uncomplicated type B aortic dissections who are managed medically are at risk of aortic aneurysmal degeneration over time. However, the effect of improvement in antihypertensive medications and stricter blood pressure control is unknown. The goal of this study was to determine the rate of aneurysmal degeneration in a contemporary cohort ...
Christopher A. Durham+6 more
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Military and Medical Expertise in Patients with Central Retinal Degeneration [PDF]
Last years pathological processes of the retina became a worldwide problem among people of different ages and this group includes a various number of central retinal degenerations. There is a vivid tendency for these types of diseases to become younger last years.
Ignatiev Sergei
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Early calcific degeneration of the St. Jude Medical Epic aortic bioprosthesis [PDF]
AbstractThis report highlights the need for close surveillance of bioprosthetic valves. Unaccountable degeneration of bioprosthetic valves can develop early after implantation and usually requires replacing the failed valve with a mechanical prosthesis.
Mohammad Bashar Izzat+2 more
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Non-medical treatment for late age-related macular degeneration [PDF]
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in people over 55 in developed countries. Moreover, the number of these patients will increase growth as life expectancy increases. It is estimated that late AMD accounts for half of blindness and low vision cases in European countries. A myriad of studies is currently underway to
А. К. Дракон+3 more
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Innovation in medicine through degeneration in law? A critical perspective on the Medical Innovation Bill [PDF]
The current debate surrounding the Medical Innovation Bill purports to be aimed at improving the normative framework to the extent that innovation is more likely. A closer look at the mechanisms of the proposed legislation and a more detailed assessment of the reasons given for initiating the legislative process in this instance reveal that the Bill ...
Nils Hoppe, José Miola
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Evolving European guidance on the medical management of neovascular age related macular degeneration [PDF]
Until recently, only two options were available for the treatment of choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) associated with age related macular degeneration (AMD)-thermal laser photocoagulation and photodynamic therapy with verteporfin (PDT-V). However, new treatments for CNV are in development, and data from phase III clinical trials of some of these ...
Usha Chakravarthy
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Aneurysmal Degeneration of Medically-Managed Acute Type B Aortic Dissections† [PDF]
hypertension (89.9% vs 90.4%, P 1⁄4 .61). OPs were associated with higher mortality rates (1.9% vs 0.6%, P 1⁄4 .0004), postoperative worsening of renal function (1.4% vs 0.4%, P 1⁄4 .002), cardiac events (3.5% vs 1.4%, P < .0001), respiratory complications (3.2% vs 1.1%, P < .0001), and combined outcomes (6.8% vs 2.3%, P < .0001).
Christopher A. Durham+6 more
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Toward attention-based learning to predict the risk of brain degeneration with multimodal medical data [PDF]
IntroductionBrain degeneration is commonly caused by some chronic diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and diabetes mellitus (DM). The risk prediction of brain degeneration aims to forecast the situation of disease progression of patients in the near future based on their historical health records.
Xiaofei Sun, Weiwei Guo, Jing Shen
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The Study of Crime and Degeneration from a Medical Standpoint [PDF]
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Willis S. Anderson
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The Use of Medical Ozone in Chronic Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Can Be an Etiological and Conservative Treatment [PDF]
Degeneration of the intervertebral disc is one of the most frequent causes of lumbar pain, and it puts an extreme strain on worldwide healthcare systems. Finding a solution for this disease is an important challenge as current surgical and conservative treatments fail to bring a short-term or long-term solution to the problem. Medical ozone has yielded
Anibal Martín Grangeat+1 more
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