OBJECTIVES To compare the level of information provided in extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) patient information leaflets in the London and East of England Deaneries DESIGN All trusts in the London and East of England Deanery who offer an ESWL service were contacted and leaflets were compared SETTING London and East of England Deanery PARTICIPANTS Alan Askari, Iqbal Shergill ...

Stunting is a chronic malnutrition problem caused by inadequate nutritional intake for long time. Babies need adequate to prevent stunting. Education on the preparation of MP-ASI can be done through animated videos and leaflets. The study aimed determine effect education using leaflets increase knowledge mothers who have toddlers aged 4-5 months about giving complementary feeding was conducted ...

Aortic valve reconstruction using leaflet grafts made from autologous pericardium is an effective surgical treatment for some forms of aortic regurgitation. Despite favorable outcomes in the hands of skilled surgeons, the procedure is underutilized because of the difficulty of sizing grafts to effectively seal with the native leaflets. Difficulty is largely due to the complex geometry and funct...

Cells that express wild-type influenza hemagglutinin (HA) fully fuse to RBCs, while cells that express the HA-ectodomain anchored to membranes by glycosylphosphatidylinositol, rather than by a transmembrane domain, only hemifuse to RBCs. Amphipaths were inserted into inner and outer membrane leaflets to determine the contribution of each leaflet in the transition from hemifusion to fusion. When...

Computational simulation of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) device deployment presents a significant challenge over and above similar simulations for percutaneous coronary intervention due to the presence of prosthetic leaflets. In light of the complexity of these leaflets, simulations have been performed to assess the effect of including the leaflets in a complete model of a bal...

Tissue-engineered heart valves (TEHV) have been proposed as a promising solution for the clinical needs of pediatric patients. In vivo studies have shown TEHV leaflet contraction and regurgitation after several months of implantation. This has been attributed to contractile cells utilized to produce the extracellular matrix (ECM) during TEHV culture. Here, we utilized such cells to develop a ma...