It has been shown in man that myocardial ischemia, whether precipitated by exercise or pacinginduced tachycardia, is associated with abnormalities of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure. There has been controversy as to whether this relationship is due to decreased myocardial compliance or to an increase in left ventricular volume as a manifestation of left ventricular failure. Simultaneous...

OBJECTIVES To compare facial appearance and dento-alveolar relationship outcomes from the CSAG (1998) and CCUK (2013) studies. SETTING AND SAMPLE POPULATION Five-year-olds born with non-syndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate. Those in the original CSAG were treated in a dispersed model of care with low-volume operators. Those in CCUK were treated in a more centralized, high-volume operator...

Background—There is a well-established literature relating procedure volume to outcomes, but incorporating such information into clinical decision making is problematic when there is 1 treatment option for a condition. Methods and Results—We used data from the Medicare program to investigate the relationship between institutional volume for open and endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) ...

OBJECTIVE Using nationwide population-based data from Taiwan's National Health Insurance database, we examined the association between hospitals' coronary artery bypass grafting surgery volume and 5-year major adverse cardiovascular events. METHODS We used Taiwan's National Health Insurance claims data linked to the Cause of Death file for the years approximately 1997 to 2004. All 5718 patien...

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Perihematomal edema (PHE) is associated with poor outcomes after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). PHE evolves in the early period after ICH, providing a therapeutic target and window for intervention. We studied the effect of PHE volume expansion in the first 72 hours (iPHE) and its relationship with functional outcomes. METHODS We used data contained in the Virtual Inte...