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Survivorship following myocardial infarction in a contemporary Australian cohort: defining cardiac versus non‐cardiac mortality

Internal Medicine Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Aims Progress in the management of myocardial infarction (MI) has led to reductions in cardiac mortality. The aim of this study was to describe the temporal trends in the relative proportions of cardiac death (CD) and non‐cardiac death (NCD) in an Australian cohort with MI following in‐hospital stay, then at 6 and 12 months as ...
James Nguyen, Nicole Chan, Christopher Hammett, Peter Stewart, William Vollbon, Michael Mallouhi, John J. Atherton, Sandhir B. Prasad   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Papillary fibroelastoma originating from the atrial septum touching the mitral valve leading to infective endocarditis: a case report

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Background Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma is a rare benign tumor, which is often mistaken for a vegetation. Predominantly asymptomatic, it can cause life-threatening complications.
Koji Funaishi, Hirofumi Kasahara, Naohiko Oki, Tomoyori Nakatogawa, Kazuhiro Yamanoi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of heterogeneity on infection probability: Insights from single-hit dose-response models [PDF]

arXiv
The process of infection of a host is complex, influenced by factors such as microbial variation within and between hosts as well as differences in dose across hosts. This study uses dose-response and within-host microbial infection models to delve into the impact of these factors on infection probability. It is rigorously demonstrated that within-host
arxiv  

Finding an infection source under the SIS model [PDF]

arXiv, 2013
We consider the problem of identifying an infection source based only on an observed set of infected nodes in a network, assuming that the infection process follows a Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible (SIS) model. We derive an estimator based on estimating the most likely infection source associated with the most likely infection path.
arxiv  

Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: A pooled analysis of five prospective, observational studies [PDF]

, 2014
Objectives: Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia is a common, often fatal infection. Our aim was to describe how its clinical presentation varies between populations and to identify common determinants of outcome. Methods: We conducted a pooled analysis on
Barlow, Gavin, Edgeworth, Jonathan, Fowler, Vance, Hellmich, Martin, Kaasch, Achim, Rodríguez-Baño, Jesús   +5 more
core  

The initial configuration is irrelevant for the possibility of mutual unbounded growth in the two-type Richardson model [PDF]

Combinatorics, Probability & Computing 15:3, 345-353 (2006), 2015
The two-type Richardson model describes the growth of two competing infections on $\mathbb{Z}^d$. At time 0 two disjoint finite sets $\xi_1,\xi_2\subset \mathbb{Z}^d$ are infected with type 1 and type 2 infection respectively. An uninfected site then becomes type 1 (2) infected at a rate proportional to the number of type 1 (2) infected nearest ...
arxiv  

Elective Generator Replacement of the Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator—Always a Simple Pit Stop?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims The safety and efficacy of the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator (S‐ICD) has been proven in various clinical trials. Data on device replacement strategies is scarce. This study aims to evaluate long‐term shock efficacy, trends in shock impedance, and the effects of a replacement strategy at elective ...
Fabian Fastenrath, Sara Wuerfel, Volker Liebe, Ibrahim Akin, Daniel Duerschmied, Martin Borggrefe, Juergen Kuschyk, Boris Rudic   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implantable Defibrillators: Which Is the Best Device for Each Patient?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The first viable alternative to surgical implantation of an epicardial defibrillator system for secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD) was a single chamber transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Thanks to technological advancements over the past 40 years, electrophysiologists now have several options when ...
Graham Peigh, Bradley P. Knight
wiley   +1 more source

The Accuracy of Mean-Field Approximation for Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible Epidemic Spreading [PDF]

arXiv, 2016
The epidemic spreading has been studied for years by applying the mean-field approach in both homogeneous case, where each node may get infected by an infected neighbor with the same rate, and heterogeneous case, where the infection rates between different pairs of nodes are different.
arxiv  

Host-pathogen interactions influencing susceptibility to infective endocarditis [PDF]

, 2010
Introduction: Bacterial-platelet-fibrin com plexes (vegetations), form on cardiac valves in infective endocarditis and are associated w ith increased morbidity and mortality.
Daga, Shruti
core   +1 more source