Aims The prevalence of advanced heart failure (HF) is increasing due to the growing number patients with HF and their better treatment survival. There a scarcity data on accuracy web-based risk scores in this selected population. This study aimed assess mortality prediction performance Meta-Analysis Global Group Chronic (MAGGIC-HF) score model Barcelona Bio-HF Risk Calculator (BCN-Bio-HF) conta...

Levo-tetrahydropalmatine (l-THP) is an active constituent of herbal preparations containing plant species of the genera Stephania and Corydalis and has been approved and used in China for a number of clinical indications under the drug name Rotundine. The pharmacological profile of l-THP, which includes antagonism of dopamine D1 and D2 receptors and actions at dopamine D3, α adrenergic and sero...

A 7-month-old boy presented with gastrointestinal disturbance, mild neurologic deficit of the left lower extremity and levo-scoliosis of the thoracic spine. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a large intramedullary lesion involving the thoracic spine, from level T1 to T11. Histologic analysis showed a glial tumor with fibrillary processes arranged in radial pattern around mucoid fibrovascu...

Anatomic In this paper a common (single) ventricle is defined as a ventricular chamber that receives the input of blood from both atrioventricular valves either separately or as a common atrioventricular valve" 2 (fig. 1). This common ventricular chamber may or may not communicate with a secondary, smaller outflow chamber. The two great vessels (aorta and pulmonary artery) may arise from the co...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: CA: Carnitine; T-CA: Total Carnitine; F-CA: FreeCarnitine; Ac-CA: Acyl-Carnitine; L-CA: Levo-Carnitine; LC: Liver Cirrhosis; BTR: Branched-chain amino acids to Tyrosine Ratio; OHE: Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy; MHE: Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy; eGFR: estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate; CKD: Chronic Kidney Disease; FFA: Free Fatty...

Under laboratory and glasshouse conditions, the insecticidal activities of essential oil obtained from leaves tea tree plant by steam distillation was evaluated against cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii. The results showed that affected aphid population causing a higher mortality A. This study 50 μL/mL concentration caused 85.67% after 24 hrs exposure time when used as contact treatment. However, mo...

In view of conflicting data in the literature regarding the enzyme(s) responsible for metabolism of selegiline, a drug used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, investigations were carried out in vitro using the human cytochrome P450 enzymes CYP1A1, CYP1A2, CYP2A6, CYP2B6, CYP2C8, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2D6, CYP2E1, and CYP3A4 recombinantly expressed in yeast to elucidate the enzyme specificit...