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Structural Motifs in Soft Fibrous Tissues: Revealing Structure‐Mechanics Relationships in Deformation and Tear Resistance for Biomimetic Material Design

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores how soft fibrous tissues achieve their remarkable mechanical behavior through recurring structural motifs across multiple length scales. It highlights key advances in mimicking these features using fiber‐reinforced hydrogels and hierarchical composites, offering insights into mechanical compatibility, flaw tolerance, and tear ...
Mirit Sharabi
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Short- and long-term experience in pulmonary vein segmental ostial ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation* [PDF]

, 2006
Introduction: Segmental ostial pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is considered a potentially curative therapeutic approach in the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF).
Aichinger, J, Janssen, J, Martinek, M, Nesser, H.J, Pürerfellner, H   +4 more
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Effect of catheter ablation on quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation and its correlation with arrhythmia outcome [PDF]

, 2015
Objective To assess the effect of catheter ablation on atrial fibrillation (AF) symptoms and quality of life (QoL). Methods Patients with AF scheduled for ablation were recruited.
Bourke, John P, Langley, Philip, Lord, Stephen, Murray, Alan, Murray, Stephen, Raine, Daniel, Shepherd, Ewen   +6 more
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Vorticity‐Facilitated Platelet Aggregation: a High Expansion‐Ratio Stenotic Microfluidic Platform Unravels the Role of Complex Flow Dynamics in Arterial Thrombosis

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study reveals how vorticity—a swirling flow pattern—enhances platelet aggregation and thrombus formation in high‐shear conditions. Using a custom microfluidic model, it is shows that vorticity promotes vWF–GPIbα interactions and calcium signaling, providing new insights into thrombosis mechanobiology and informing safer blood‐contacting medical ...
Jianfang Ren, Nurul Aisha Zainal Abidin, Allan Sun, Rui Gao, Yuxin Chen, Arian Nasser, Zihao Wang, Yunduo Charles Zhao, Alexander Dupuy, Anna Waterhouse, Qian Peter Su, Daniele Vigolo, Mike Chia Lun Wu, Lining Arnold Ju   +13 more
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Incidence and predictors of premature ventricular complexes following catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, and previous studies have focused on the epidemiology, mechanisms and risk factors for this global disease (Ryder and Benjamin 1999). Various studies have examined the mechanism,
Harvey, Joshua
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An Organ‐on‐Chip Platform for Strain‐Controlled, Tissue‐Specific Compression of Cartilage and Mineralized Osteochondral Interface to Study Mechanical Overloading in Osteoarthritis

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A mechanically active OsteoChondral Unit (OCU)‐on‐Chip platform mimicking the OCU's functional anatomy and the strain gradient across the osteochondral interface is presented. Upon compartment‐specific hyperphysiological compression, the model replicates mechanisms observed in osteoarthritis (OA) progression, such as calcium crystal accumulation ...
Andrea Mainardi, Anastasiya Börsch, Paola Occhetta, Robert Ivanek, Martin Ehrbar, Lisa Krattiger, Philipp Oertle, Marko Loparic, Ivan Martin, Marco Rasponi, Andrea Barbero   +10 more
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Hierarchically MOF‐Based Porous Monolith Composites for Atmospheric Water Harvesting

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores the design of hierarchical porous materials for atmospheric water harvesting, focusing on metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs) and porous monoliths. Emphasis is placed on integrating MOF nanoscale porosity with the microscale channels of monolithic scaffolds to enhance sorption‐desorption performance.
Mahyar Panahi‐Sarmad, Tianyu Guo, Seyyed Alireza Hashemi, Ahmadreza Ghaffarkhah, Stefan Wuttke, Mohammad Arjmand, Orlando J. Rojas, Feng Jiang   +7 more
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Impact of atrial fibrillation on the cardiovascular system through a lumped-parameter approach [PDF]

, 2014
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia affecting millions of people in the Western countries and, due to the widespread impact on the population and its medical relevance, is largely investigated in both clinical and bioengineering ...
Camporeale, Carlo, Guala, Andrea, Ridolfi, Luca, Scarsoglio, Stefania   +3 more
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Harnessing Photo‐Energy Conversion in Nanomaterials for Precision Theranostics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Harnessing photo‐energy conversion in nanomaterials enables precision theranostics through light‐driven mechanisms such as photoluminescence, photothermal, photoelectric, photoacoustic, photo‐triggered surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), and photodynamic processes. This review explores six fundamental principles of photo‐energy conversion, recent
Jingyu Shi, Yadi Fan, Qin Zhang, Yingying Huang, Mo Yang   +4 more
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Optimisation of anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation [PDF]

, 2015
Atrial fibrillation is a common cardiac arrhythmia associated with debilitating complications, one of which is stroke. Anticoagulants (warfarin and the non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants) are recommended for stroke prophylaxis, their ...
Prasad, Ankita, Pullicino, Patrick
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