BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The comparison between carotid endarterectomy and carotid artery stenting (CAS) remains a debated field, especially in the context of long-term outcomes. METHODS Concerning the short-term (30-day) analysis, the numbers of outcomes per arm were abstracted, whereas outcomes per arm and hazard ratios were abstracted for long-term (≥1-year) results. RESULTS Thirteen rando...

BACKGROUND Trichomonas vaginalis infection is a common sexually transmitted protozoal infection and is associated with several adverse health outcomes, such as preterm birth, delivery of a low-birth weight infant, and facilitation of sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus. The annual incidence in the United States has been estimated to be 3-5 million cases. However, there are no da...

Observations of cooling neutron stars allow to measure photospheric radii and to constrain the equation of state of nuclear matter at high densities. In this paper we concentrate on neutron stars, which show thermal (photospheric) Xray emission and have measured distances. After a short summary of the radio pulsars falling into this category we review the observational data of the 7 radio quiet...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine whether the acute inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) synthase causes changes in cardiac substrate utilization which can be reversed by a NO donor. METHODS NO synthase was blocked by giving 30 mg/kg of nitro-L-arginine (NLA) i.v. to 15 chronically instrumented dogs. Hemodynamics and blood samples from aorta and coronary sinus were taken at control...

BACKGROUND Plasma calprotectin is a potential biomarker of cardiovascular disease (CVD), insulin resistance (IR), and obesity. We examined the relationship between plasma calprotectin concentrations, CVD manifestations and the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in order to evaluate plasma calprotectin as a risk assessor of CVD in diabetic patients without...

Hypertension usually coexists with other chronic conditions and can cause disability in relation to activities of daily living. We examined the association between the number and categories of comorbid conditions and disability affecting activities of daily living in hypertension patients.The data were collected from the 2013 follow-up survey of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Stud...

Parity violating electron scattering can measure the neutron density of a heavy nucleus accurately and model independently. This is because the weak charge of the neutron is much larger then that of the proton. The Parity Radius Experiment (PREX) at Jefferson Laboratory aims to measure the root mean square neutron radius of Pb with an absolute accuracy of 1% (±0.05 Fm). This is more accurate th...

The prospective RAXO-study enrolled 1086 treatable patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) 2012-2018, subjected to repeated centralized assessment of resectability (Osterlund et al. TLRHE 2021, Isoniemi BJS 2021). In order explore the representability RAXO-study, we identified all remaining Finnish mCRC during same period using nationwide registry-based data (data collection study, DC...

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