Prognostic value of red cell distribution width in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-analysis by Xiaoyan Wang, Donglai Bao, Gaojiang Luo, Fuqiang Kan, Jinwei Luo, Changhao Jiang

“…Objective To evaluate the prognostic value of baseline red cell distribution width (RDW) in patients with coronary artery diseases (CADs) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) by conducting a meta-analysis.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data source PubMed, Embase, Wanfang, CNKI and VIP databases were searched from their inceptions to 19 June 2019.Eligible criteria Studies investigating the value of baseline RDW for predicting all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) in patients with CAD undergoing PCI were included.Data extraction and synthesis Two authors independently extracted the data and evaluated the methodological quality using the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale. …”
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Caracterización de pacientes operados por obstrucción intestinal mecánica by Lazaro Ernesto Horta Martínez, Royland Bejerano Durán, Melissa Sorá-Rodriguez, María Carla González-Yero

“…Resultados: Hubo mayor porcentaje del sexo femenino (50,6 %), de las edades comprendidas de 31 a 40 años (23,5 %), los pacientes con hipertensión arterial (14,8 %) y los fumadores (18,5 %). La causa más frecuente de oclusión fueron las bridas y adherencias (44,4 %) y la complicación más frecuente fue la bronconeumonía (8 %). …”
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The question of strains in AA amyloidosis by Gunilla T. Westermark, Ebba Nyström, Sofie Nyström, K. Peter R. Nilsson, Per Hammarström, Per Westermark

“…Glomerular amyloid deposition of the kidney defines the common form, while in the vascular type amyloid deposits are massive in the renal medulla and in arteries throughout the body, while glomeruli are spared. …”
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Prognostic Risk Factors of 30-Day Death in Traumatic Lower Limb Fracture Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Huanhuan Li, Yijun Yu, Yuting Wang, Qian Zhang, Ye Gu

“…Methods. 295 consecutive TLLF patients diagnosed as APE according to pulmonary artery CT angiography, hospitalized in our hospital from January 2017 to December 2021, were included in this study. …”
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Predictive factors for extubation success in very low and extremely low birth weight preterm infants by Nilson Willamy Bastos de Souza Júnior, Tathiane Ribeiro Rosa, Jane Cecília Kreling Cerântola, Ligia Silvana Lopes Ferrari, Vanessa Suziane Probst, Josiane Marques Felcar

“…GA and post-extubation arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO~2~) were predictive of extubation success. …”
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Disfunción renal: fármacos, medios de contraste radiológicos y sistema renina angiotensina by José Antonio Chipi Cabrera, Julio Alexander Silveira Echavarría, Aliuska Naranjo Hernández, Darnelys Méndez Lemus, Giraldo Hurtado Báez

“…El continuo envejecimiento poblacional, unido al incremento de la prevalencia de enfermedades crónicas no trasmisibles, entre las que se destacan la diabetes mellitus y la hipertensión arterial, como principales causas de deterioro de la función renal en las personas, ha hecho que con el paso de los años se introduzcan nuevos fármacos, más potentes, para la prevención y tratamiento de dichas entidades, lo que obliga a estar al día en el conocimiento de las características farmacocinéticas de estos medicamentos para evitar posibles efectos tóxicos, esto implica hacer una valoración previa de la función renal antes de introducir cualquier sustancia que pudiera ser potencialmente nefrotóxica. …”
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Functional Genetic Variant in ATG5 Gene Promoter in Acute Myocardial Infarction by Yexin Zhang, Xiaohui He, Jiarui Li, Wentao Yang, Yinghua Cui, Shuchao Pang, Haihua Wang, Bo Yan

“…Coronary artery disease (CAD) including acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is an inflammatory and metabolic disease mainly caused by atherosclerosis. …”
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Identifying Factors for Low-Risk Participation in Alternative Cardiac Rehabilitation Models for Patients with Coronary Heart Disease Using MI’S SCOREPAD by Eric J. Brandt, Joshua Garfein, Chih-Wen Pai, Joseph Bryant, Eva Kline-Rogers, Samantha Fink, Melvyn Rubenfire

“…Low-risk factors included not having any of the following: metabolic syndrome, presence of implantable cardioverter defibrillator or permanent pacemaker, active smoking, prior stroke, congestive heart failure, obesity, advanced renal disease, poor exercise capacity, peripheral arterial disease, angina, or clinical depression (MI’S SCOREPAD). …”
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Morphokinetic Analyses of Fishing Cat–Domestic Cat Interspecies Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Embryos Through A Time-Lapse System by Hai-Jun Liu, Serena Jocelyn Wai Yin Oh, Nicole Liling Tay, Christina Yingyan Lim, Chia-Da Hsu, Delia Hwee Hoon Chua, Winnie Koon Lay Teo, Yuin-Han Loh, Soon Chye Ng

“…In iSCNT, normal embryos (defined as those that developed to the blastocyst stage) took a longer time to reach the morula stage, and these morulas were more likely to undergo compaction, compared to their arrested embryo counterparts. Direct cleavage in the first division is a morphological aberration, and was seen with greater prevalence in iSCNT embryos than control IVF embryos; these aberrant embryos displayed a significantly lower blastocyst development rate than embryos that had undergone normal cleavage. …”
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Myocarditis Concurrent with Sweet Syndrome: A Presentation of Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Christopher G. Burkeen, David Pottinger, Chaitanya Iragavarapu, Reshma Ramlal, Gerhard Hildebrandt

“…Heart catheterization performed at outside institution was negative for coronary artery disease. Cardiac MRI images were compatible with myocarditis. …”
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Monitoring of the diamondback moth (<i>Plutella xylostella</i> L.) on the <i>Brassica oleracea</i> L. collection in the vicinity of St. Petersburg by Yu. A. Zakharova, A. N. Frolov, A. M. Artemyeva

“…The results of field surveys attested to very high variation among cabbage accessions in the rates of infestation and damage to plants caused by diamondback moth. …”
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Analysis of genetic relationships in the breeding material of <i>Prunus armeniaca</i> L. from the collection of the Mountain Botanical Garden, Dagestan by D. M. Anatov, I. I. Suprun, I. V. Stepanov, R. M. Osmanov, S. V. Tokmakov

“…A comprehensive study of the apricot collection showed greater numbers of heterozygotes in hybrid seedlings than the expected values, attesting to large genetic distances between the pairs of parents selected for crosses. …”
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The temporal relationship between mitochondrial quality and renal tissue recovery following ischemia-reperfusion injury by Priyanka N. Prem, Harish Swaminathan, Gino A. Kurian

“…Ischemia was instigated by clamping both renal arteries and for reperfusion, the clamps were removed to restore the blood flow. …”
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The activity of Count Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont in the Russian Empire, with a focus on his St. Petersburg salon by Anežka Kotoučová

“…Interestingly, the cultural and artistic level was combined with the diplomatic and political level, which testifies to Ficquelmont as a host with a truly broad intellectual scope. …”
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Integrative analysis of SEPN1 in glioma: Prognostic roles, functional implications, and potential therapeutic interventions. by Zisong Wang, Danwen Wang, Xuanyu Wang, Yihang Xu, Yunhe Yuan, Yuxin Chen, Zhiqiang Li, Xiaoping Liu

“…Suppressing SEPN1 in glioblastoma cells inhibited proliferation and induced G2/M arrest and apoptosis. The SRS demonstrated strong prognostic value and correlated with enhanced immune infiltration in the glioma TME. …”
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p38 MAPK Endogenous Inhibition Improves Neurological Deficits in Global Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Mice by Kun Hou, Zhi-cheng Xiao, Hai-Long Dai

“…Cerebral I/R injury was induced by the bilateral common carotid artery occlusion (BCCAO) method. The cerebral infarction area and volume were assessed and analyzed by 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining. p38 MAPK and caspase-3 were detected by western blotting. …”
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LncRNA LOXL1-AS1 Promotes the Proliferation and Metastasis of Medulloblastoma by Activating the PI3K/AKT Pathway by Ran Gao, Rui Zhang, Cuicui Zhang, Yingwu Liang, Weining Tang

“…Moreover, the cell proportion in the S phase was significantly increased, while the cell proportion in the G2/M phase was decreased after knockdown of LOXL1-AS1 in D283 cells and D341 cells. Cell cycle arrest led to eventual cell apoptosis by LOXL1-AS1 knockdown. …”
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Yiqi Fumai Lyophilized injection protects cardiac contractility in a rat model of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction by modulating SERCA2 by Yongwei Nie, Lu Chen, Yanxin Zhang, Yuqing Yao, Zizhuo Xue, Na Guo, Meixiu Wan, Zhi Li, Chunhua Liu, Dekun Li, Aichun Ju

“…Compensation for the malfunction of these proteins is considered a practical option for restoring heart function. Methods: Coronary artery ligation was used to induce heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) in Sprague-Dawley rats. …”
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3D modeling to predict vascular involvement in resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma by Sguinzi R, Vidal J, Poroes F, Bartolucci DA, Litchinko A, Gossin E, Fingerhut A, Toso C, Buhler L, Egger B

“…Background: Current management of patients with borderline resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma (BR-PDAC) depends on the degree of involvement of the major arterial and venous structures. The aim of this study was to evaluate 3D segmentation and printing to predict tumor size and vascular involvement of BR-PDAC to improve pre-operative planning of vascular resection and better select patients for neoadjuvant therapy. …”
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Anti-HBs Positivity Related to Past HBV Infection and Vaccination in Older Adults in Polish Population—Cohort-Based Study by Katarzyna Zięba, Kacper Jagiełło, Joanna Musialik, Łukasz Wierucki, Adam Hajduk, Małgorzata Mossakowska, Jerzy Chudek

“…Female gender, living in a town or city, having better education, and suffering from coronary artery disease, or depression independently increased the rate of past hepatitis B. …”
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