Randomized trial of conventional transseptal needle versus radiofrequency energy needle puncture for left atrial access (the TRAVERSE-LA study). [PDF]
, 2013 BackgroundTransseptal puncture is a critical step in achieving left atrial (LA) access for a variety of cardiac procedures. Although the mechanical Brockenbrough needle has historically been used for this procedure, a needle employing radiofrequency (RF)
Badhwar, Nitish +13 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 BACKGROUND:Managing difficult pediatric airway is challenging. The MultiViewScope (MVS) Stylet Scope is reported to be useful in difficult pediatric airway.
Kohei Godai +2 more
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Larval trematodes infecting the South-American intertidal mud snail Heleobia australis (Rissooidea: Cochliopidae) [PDF]
, 2014 Larval trematodes infecting the snail Heleobia australis (Cochliopidae) from the Bahía Blanca estuary, Argentina were surveyed for two years. A total of 7,504 snail specimens was dissected and the larval stages of 15 different trematodes were recovered ...
Alda, Maria del Pilar +1 more
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Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon, 2019 Objectives: The variable-stiffness colonoscope is reportedly useful for making colonoscope insertion easier. However, this function is not associated with all colonoscopes.
Daisuke Kikuchi +6 more
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3D Dynamic Motion Planning for Robot-Assisted Cannula Flexible Needle Insertion into Soft Tissue [PDF]
, 2016 In robot-assisted needle-based medical procedures, insertion motion planning is a crucial aspect. 3D dynamic motion planning for a cannula flexible needle is challenging with regard to the nonholonomic motion of the needle tip, the presence of anatomic ...
Peng, Jingchun +5 more
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Asterocheres hirsutus, a new species of parasitic copepod (Siphonostomatoida : Asterocheridae) associated with an Antarctic hexactinellid sponge [PDF]
, 2005 The asterocherid siphonostomatoid copepod Asterocheres hirsutus, a new species, is described from a hexactinellid sponge of the genus Rossella Carter collected during the Polastern cruise ANT XVII/3, off South Shetland Islands.
Bandera García, María Eugenia +2 more
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Meplitumen aluna gen. nov., sp. nov. an interesting eutardigrade (Hypsibiidae, Itaquasconinae) from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2019 A new genus of Itaquasconinae, Meplitumen gen. nov., and a new species, Meplitumen aluna sp. nov., are described. The new genus has characters present in other genera of Itaquasconinae but in a unique combination.
Oscar Lisi +4 more
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\u3ci\u3eEutarsopolipus Hemistylus\u3c/i\u3e Sp. Nov. (Acari: Podapolipidae), Subelytral Parasite of \u3ci\u3eChlaenius Prasinus\u3c/i\u3e Dejean (Coleoptera: Carabidae) From Central and Eastern USA [PDF]
, 2018 Eutarsopolipus hemistylus sp. nov. (Acari: Podapolipidae), subelytral, parasite of Chlaenius prasinus Dejean, 1826 (Coleoptera: Carabidae), is described from Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, Kentucky, North Carolina and Georgia, USA. E.
Husband, David O, Husband, Robert W
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Insects, 2020 Mouthpart structures were observed in three species of Asopinae using scanning electron microscopy to investigate their morphological disparity.
Yan Wang, Jolanta Brożek, Wu Dai
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