The cancer datasets used in this study (dbGaP: phs000341.v2.p1 and phs000340.v3.p1; EBI: EGAS00001000399) were generated with the financial support of the National Cancer Institute, the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, Partners for Cures, the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as part of the St. Jude/Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Pro...

The patient was a 19 year-old woman with the diagnosis of resistant hypertension, although she was under treatment of three classes of anti-hypertensive drugs (beta blocker, angiotensin receptor blocker, diuretic) for more than one year. In physical examination there was only a significant difference between the systolic blood pressure of upper and lower extremities (200 vs. 120 mmHg), without ...

OBJECTIVE To measure the noise produced and related subjective complaints after implantation of four different mechanical heart valve prostheses and to identify further factors related to the patient and prosthesis that influence noise generation and complaints. DESIGN Sound pressure was measured 5 and 10 cm and 1 m from the point of maximal impulse on the body surface by a calibrated meter i...

We presented a technique for using the St. Jude Aortic Connector System in anastomosis with a composite graft of saphenous vein and radial artery. This technique has not been reported in the previous literature. Our technique could improve some disadvantages of the St. Jude Aortic Connector and allow this device to be used in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB).

1Department of Pathology, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; 2Oncology Institute, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, and 3Pathology Department, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL; 4Department of Biology, Loyola University, Chicago, IL; 5Laboratory of Hematology, Department of Pediatric Hematology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Chin...

Acid Synthesis to the β-Hydroxydecanoyl-β-Hydroxydecanoate Component of Rhamnolipids in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Kun Zhu and Charles O. Rock The Department of Infectious Diseases St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105. Mailing address: Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale, Memphis, TN 38105-2794, USA, Phone:901-495-34...

C. Ros, J. Sedlacik, N. C. Daw, R. Loeffler, J. R. Reichenbach, and C. M. Hillenbrand Medical Physics Group, Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, Department of Radiological Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tenn...

BACKGROUND Aortic valve replacement (AVR) with a small aortic annulus is always challenging for the cardiac surgeon. In this study, we sought to evaluate the midterm performance of implantation with a 17-mm or 19-mm St. Jude Medical Regent (SJM Regent) mechanical valve in retrospective consecutive cohort of patients with small aortic annulus (diameter ≤ 19 mm). METHODS From January 2008 to Ap...