Diagnosis and treatment of thyroblastoma: a case report and review of literature by Xiting Chen, Xiting Chen, Lijuan Xiong, Lijuan Xiong, Hongling Liu, Haoqiang Wang, Donghai Cheng, Wei Wang, Wenyuan He, Bo Xie, Juan Zhou

“…The patient ultimately died of cardiac arrest resulting from the progression of the cancer thrombus to the right atrium and right ventricle.ConclusionAlthough thyroblastoma has been treated as a separate entity with its distinctive morphologic and molecular characteristics, its clinicopathological features, diagnosis and treatment methods and prognosis remain poorly understood, which requires more accumulated clinical case data to provide basis for the correct diagnosis and treatment in the future.…”
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Metformin reverts aortic calcifications and elastin loss induced by an experimental metabolic syndrome by Lucas Streckwall, Nancy Martini, Claudia Sedlinsky, León Schurman, María Virginia Gangoiti, Antonio Desmond McCarthy

“…Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with osteogenic transdifferentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and accumulation of arterial calcifications (ACs). Metformin (MET) inhibits this transdifferentiation in vitro. …”
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The Roles of Autophagy in Acute Lung Injury Induced by Myocardial Ischemia Reperfusion in Diabetic Rats by Liying Zhan, Yuan Zhang, Wating Su, Qiongxia Zhang, Rong Chen, Bo Zhao, Wei Li, Rui Xue, Zhongyuan Xia, Shaoqing Lei

“…Control or diabetic rats were either treated with or without autophagy inducer rapamycin (Rap) or autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine (3-MA) before myocardial IR, which was achieved by occluding the left anterior descending coronary artery for 30 min and followed by reperfusion for 120 min. …”
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Improved early postoperative cognition in elderly gastrointestinal patients: a randomized controlled trial on the role of ultrasound-guided stellate ganglion block by Ruyue Xue, Yuexian Li, Mei Zhan, Lin Yang, Defeng Sun

“…The perioperative recordings included mean arterial pressure, heart rate, and the bispectral index. …”
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Lilla’s Heritage. Cultural Sketches of the Vay Branch in Hungary by Lili Veronika Békéssy

“…These records highlight a legacy of academic, political, and artistic achievements associated with her background. …”
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Rendimiento de aceite esencial a partir de madera de Bursera graveolens: Aprovechamiento de astillas, viruta y aserrín by Miguel Antonio Puescas Chully, Eber Leopoldo Herrera Palacios, José Antonio Moscol Ortiz, Jose Luis Solis Veliz

“…Para la extracción Se empleó el método de arrastre por vapor para la extracción del aceite esencial a través el equipo destilador Dual con capacidad de 20 Lde agua.Los resultados determinaron que del total de madera seca recolectada y posterior a su transformación sólo el66,24% se encontraba en óptimas condiciones para el estudio, perdiéndose un 33,76% debido a impurezas externas e internas y a la técnica artesanal empleada en su transformación. Asimismo, el contenido de humedad promedio fue de 13,89%. …”
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Carotid-cavernous fistula as an ophthalmic disease requiring interdisciplinary treatment by Wojciech Luboń, Małgorzata Luboń, Ewa Mrukwa-Kominek

“…Doppler US showed dilated superior ophthalmic vein and increased arterialized vascular flow. Due to a strong suspicion of CCF, the patient was referred to the Department of Radiology for digital subtraction angiography (DSA). …”
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Locating temporary population centers after an earthquake in urban settlements Case Study: Sabzevar City by javad jamalabadi, mahammad salmanimoghaddam, Ali shekari badi, marzieh Nodeh

“…The most important parameters in this research are population density indexes, grade 1 arterial pathways, and suitable area. Finally, by combining the layers of all indicators, a map of the temporary population settlements was prepared in Sabzevar city. …”
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Human Platelets Take up Anti-VEGF Agents by B. Sobolewska, B. Fehrenbacher, P. Münzer, H. Kalbacher, S. Geue, Konstantinos Stellos, M. Schaller, F. Ziemssen

“…All three anti-VEGF agents are taken up by platelets and internalized in alpha-granules, which may result in a higher local exposure of anti-VEGF after the activation of platelets, potentially contributing to arterial thromboembolic events. Clathrin-coated vesicles seem to be more prominent in the transport of bevacizumab than ranibizumab and aflibercept. …”
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Clinical value of quantitative echocardiographic features in preterm infants with necrotizing enterocolitis by Wenmei li, Wenqiang Sun, Zexi Sun, Huawei Wang, Xueping Zhu

“…The maximum shunt velocity and differential pressure (P) on the pulmonary side of the arterial conduit were significantly lower, whereas the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and left ventricular fractional shortening (LVFS) were significantly higher in the NEC group. …”
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Oridonin: A natural terpenoid having the potential to modulate apoptosis and survival signaling in cancer by Abhishek Chauhan, Hemant Joshi, Divya Kandari, Diwakar Aggarwal, Ritu Chauhan, Hardeep Singh Tuli, Arpit Mehrotra, Abhilasha Sood, Ujjawal Sharma, Darin Mansor Mathkor, Shafiul Haque, Naveen Chandra Joshi, Laurent Dufossé

“…Its derivatives, such as 13p, exhibit enhanced potency by arresting the G2/M phase and targeting drug-resistant cells with minimal toxicity. …”
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The effects of fluid resuscitation on the hemodynamic parameters of experimental induced endotoxemia in the neonatal calves by Enes Akyüz, Alparslan Coşkun, İsmail Şen

“…</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Following the LPS administration, increase in lactate levels and heart rate as well as decrease in systolic and mean arterial pressures were indicated the failure in circulatory system. …”
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Radiological Imaging and Analysis of Laboratory Values in Case of Acute Ischemic Stroke by Necmi Baykan, Mustafa Alpaslan

“…As ischemic infarction, involvement was most common in the areas fed by the middle cerebral artery. In the carotid and/or vertebral doppler ultrasonography performed in the patients, plaque was observed in the vessels at a rate of 83.1%. …”
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‘Over-hopefulness and getting-on-ness’: Ruskin, Nature, and America by Sara Atwood

“…Ruskin’s innate love of nature (‘the ruling passion of my life’ (5.365)) was strengthened by literary, artistic, and historical associations uniquely connected to the European cultural tradition. …”
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Haemodynamic changes of interatrial shunting devices for heart failure: a systematic review and meta‐analysis by Tieci Yi, Min Li, Fangfang Fan, Lin Qiu, Zhi Wang, Haoyu Weng, Xiaoke Shang, Changdong Zhang, Wei Ma, Yan Zhang, Yong Huo

“…Secondary endpoints included (i) other haemodynamic indexes, including cardiac output (CO), right atrial pressure (RAP), and mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) by right heart catheterization, and (ii) change from baseline in 6 min walk distance (6MWD). …”
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İnternal Juguler Vene Landmark Yöntemiyle veya Ultrasonografi Eşliğinde Uygulanan Santral Venöz Kateterizasyon İşleminin Değerlendirilmesi by Sinan Çetin, Yücel Gültekin, Zerrin Özçelik

“…Periferik damar yolunun açılamaması, diyaliz, total parenteral beslenme, pulmoner arter kateterizasyonu veya ilaç uygulamaları gibi durumlarda SVK gerekebilmektedir 1 . …”
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Enfermedad inflamatoria orbitaria idiopática. Presentación de un caso by Armando Rafael Milanés Armengol, Katia Molina Castellanos, Susana Yanes Morejón, Marla Milanés Molina

“…Se presenta el caso de una paciente femenina, de color de piel blanca, de procedencia urbana, ama de casa, fumadora, que no practica ejercicios ni lleva dieta, con antecedentes de hipertensión arterial y artritis reumatoidea, que acudió al Servicio de Oftalmología por presentar síntomas inflamatorios anexiales: edema palpebral, quemosis conjuntival, vasos conjuntivales dilatados, que se acompañaban de proptosis, oftalmoplejía dolorosa con diplopía y de una masa tumoral palpable a nivel de la porción supero-externa de la órbita. …”
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Experimental study of partially oxidized sodium alginate gel combined with myogenic stem cells to improve cardiac function in aged rats with myocardial infarction by Xinxin Ma, Xiaolu Hou, Peixin Dong, Jiayan Ye, Yangyang Gao, Ling Huang, Xiuping Bai

“…[Methods] The models of myocardial infarction in aged rats were established by ligating the coronary arteries and divided randomly into the group of saline control group, sodium alginate group, myogenic stem cells group and sodium alginate combined with myogenic stem cells group(joint group), each had 30 rats.The same amount of corresponding material was injected into the myocardial infarction area of rats in each group respectively.The cardiac structure and function of the rats were evaluated by echocardiography 8 weeks after the operation, and then the rats were executed.The hearts were removed to observe the differences in ventricular remodeling by histological analysis and the angiogenesis and collagen secretion of the ventricular slices were further analyzed. …”
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Trimethylamine Oxidation into the Proatherogenic Trimethylamine N-Oxide Is Higher in Coronary Heart Disease Men: From the CORDIOPREV Study by Helena Garcia-Fernandez, Juan F. Alcala-Diaz, Gracia M. Quintana-Navarro, Javier Lopez-Moreno, Diego Luque-Cordoba, Eugenia Ruiz-Diaz Narvaez, Antonio P. Arenas-de Larriva, Francisco M. Gutierrez-Mariscal, Jose D. Torres-Peña, Diego Rodriguez-Cano, Raul M. Luque, Feliciano Priego-Capote, Jose Lopez-Miranda, Antonio Camargo

“…The carotid study was ultrasonically assessed bilaterally by the quantification of intima-media thickness of both common carotid arteries (IMT-CC). Results: We found higher TMAO levels and TMAO/TMA ratio in CHD men than CHD women (p=0.034 and p=0.026, respectively). …”

Ir-6: A Novel Iridium (III) Organometallic Derivative for Inhibition of Human Platelet Activation by Ren-Shi Shyu, Themmila Khamrang, Joen-Rong Sheu, Chih-Wei Hsia, Marappan Velusamy, Chih-Hsuan Hsia, Duen-Suey Chou, Chao-Chien Chang

“…Platelet activation has been reported to play a major role in arterial thrombosis, cancer metastasis, and progression. …”
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