Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), Brugada syndrome (BrS) and Long QT (LQTS) are inherited arrhythmia disorders that frequently result in sudden death young populations. ARVC often presents with monomorphic VT amenable to antitachycardia pacing (ATP) therapy, whereas BrS LQTS traditionally characterized by polymorphic or torsade de pointes requiring shock therapy. To assess...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The significance of non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) after carotid endarterectomy or carotid angioplasty and stent placement is unknown. We performed this study to identify the frequency of NSTEMI and impact on outcomes related to carotid endarterectomy or carotid artery stent placement in patients treated in a large national cohort. METHODS We determined...

Department of Animal Nutrition, National Research Institute of Animal Production 32-083 Balice n. Kraków; (2) Department of Cattle Breeding, Agricultural University, 30-059 Kraków, Al. Mickiewicza 24/28; (3) Oncology Centre, Department of Imaging Diagnostics, 31-115 Kraków, Garncarska 11 Abstract To determine the development of secretory tissue of the mammary gland and to avoid the use of invas...

A single chip system is designed, implemented, tested and analyzed for the measurement of velocity from incremental optical encoders with quadrature outputs. The system uses a field programmable gate array (FPGA) chip to take advantage of high flexibility and a low cost design cycle. The device uses two counting methods: period counting for low velocities and frequency counting for high velocit...

OBJECTIVES We investigated the association between cesarean section (CS) and type 1 diabetes (T1D), and if the association remains after accounting for familial confounding by using a sibling-control design. METHODS We conducted a population-based cohort study of all singleton live births in Sweden between 1982 and 2009, followed by sibling-control analyses. T1D diagnoses were identified from...

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the association between mental health treatment patterns and risk of injuries among a Western Australian male birth cohort. Method: A population-based birth-cohort of males born between 1980 and 1984 in Western Australia was followed up using linked health data. Results: Participants with mental health conditions were at an increased risk of in...

A new, accurate, global, mass-independent, first-principles potential energy surface (PES) is presented for the ground electronic state of the water molecule. The PES is based on 2200 energy points computed at the all-electron aug-cc-pCV6Z IC-MRCI(8,2) level of electronic structure theory and includes the relativistic one-electron massvelocity and Darwin corrections. For H2 O, the PES has a dis...

OBJECTIVE Hospital crowding is a public health problem that may impact on the quality of medical treatment and increase the risk of developing traumatic stress, e.g., after myocardial infarction (MI). This study examines whether subjective appraisal of crowding at hospital admission due to MI is associated with acute stress disorder (ASD) symptoms. METHOD We investigated 102 consecutive patie...