Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2014 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a standard procedure for enteral feeding tube placement in the stomach for patients with nonobstructive dysphagia. Major and minor complications have been described in early and delayed phase. We describe a 57-
Suhas D. Wagle +3 more
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Anatolian Journal of Cardiology, 2020 Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of surgical resection of muscle layer on the long-term survival of patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM).
Xiangbin Meng +5 more
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - Past, Present and Future [PDF]
, 2017 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiomyopathy with a prevalence of 1 in 500 in the general population. Since the first pathological case series at post mortem in 1957, we have come a long way in its understanding, diagnosis ...
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Fractional flow reserve versus angiography in guiding management to optimize outcomes in non–ST-elevation myocardial infarction (FAMOUS-NSTEMI): rationale and design of a randomized controlled clinical trial [PDF]
, 2013 <p>Background: In patients with acute non–ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), coronary arteriography is usually recommended; but visual interpretation of the angiogram is subjective.
Balachandran, Kanarath P. +10 more
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Nonobstructive hydronephrosis due to social polydipsia: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012 Introduction Excessive fluid intake can lead to water intoxication, electrolyte abnormalities, exacerbation of heart failure and anatomical changes in the urinary tract that may present diagnostic and therapeutic challenges for patients and physicians ...
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Sperm retrieval rate and pregnancy rate in infertile couples undergoing in-vitro fertilisation and testicular sperm extraction for non-obstructive azoospermia in Hong Kong [PDF]
, 2016 published_or_final_versio
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Prevalence of obstructive coronary artery disease and prognosis in patients with stable symptoms and a zero-coronary calcium score [PDF]
, 2017 © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.Aims: CT calcium scoring (CTCS) and CT cardiac angiography (CTCA) are widely used in patients with stable chest pain to exclude significant coronary ...
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Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim Bile acids accumulation in hepatocytes causes liver damage and contributes to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. However, the association between serum bile acid levels and postoperative intrahepatic recurrence in hepatocellular carcinoma remains unclear.
Tomoaki Bekki +9 more
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Sperm glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene expression in asthenozoospermic spermatozoa [PDF]
, 2017 It has been suggested that the energy required for sperm motility is produced by oxidative phosphorylation while glycolysis seems to be an important source for ATP transmission along the flagellum.
Coltrinari, Giulia +6 more
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Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Neonates with infracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) frequently require urgent treatment. If surgical repair is contraindicated due to extreme prematurity, interventional stenting of the ductus venosus (DV) has been introduced successfully to postpone surgery.
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