The use of triple-therapy, pegylated-interferon, ribavirin and either of the first generation hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibitors telaprevir or boceprevir, is the new standard of care for treating genotype 1 chronic HCV.
Garcia-Diaz, A. +14 more
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The COACH risk engine: a multistate model for predicting survival and hospitalization in patients with heart failure [PDF]
Aims: Several models for predicting the prognosis of heart failure (HF) patients have been developed, but all of them focus on a single outcome variable, such as all-cause mortality.
Postmus, Douwe; id_orcid +45 more
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Organoids in pediatric cancer research
Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
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Acute heart failure remains a high‐morbidity, high‐mortality syndrome with heterogeneous clinical presentations, ranging from congestion, a frequent driver of hospitalization and central therapeutic target, to hypoperfusion and cardiogenic shock in more ...
Francisco B. Alexandrino +2 more
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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
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Diversity and complexity in neural organoids
Neural organoid research aims to expand genetic diversity on one side and increase tissue complexity on the other. Chimeroids integrate multiple donor genomes within single organoids. Self‐organising multi‐identity organoids, exogenous cell seeding, or enforced assembly of region‐specific organoids contribute to tissue complexity.
Ilaria Chiaradia, Madeline A. Lancaster
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ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008: the Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure 2008 of the European Society of Cardiology. Developed in collaboration with the Heart Failure Association of the ESC (HFA) and endorsed by the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) [PDF]
The aim of this document is to provide practical guidelines for the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure (HF). These guidelines are a development and revision of guidelines published in 1995, 1997, 2001, and 2005.
Keren A +31 more
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Weekly irinotecan in a patient with metastatic colorectal cancer on hemodialysis due to chronic renal failure [PDF]
Background: The cytotoxic treatment of patients suffering from advanced or metastatic cancer undergoing hemodialysis due to chronic renal failure still remains a problem, since for those patients pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic data on most cytotoxic
Stemmler, J. +4 more
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Multimorbidity in Heart Failure: Leveraging Cluster Analysis to Guide Tailored Treatment Strategies
REVIEW PURPOSE: This review summarises key findings on treatment effects within phenotypical clusters of patients with heart failure (HF), making a distinction between patients with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)
Savarese, G, +5 more
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BackgroundFunctional recovery after stroke is substantially dependent on systematic, evidence-based behavioral interventions. Intervention Mapping (IM), as a structured framework for intervention development, has demonstrated favorable outcomes across ...
Jinxian Yang +6 more
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