OBJECTIVES This study evaluated the safety, efficacy, and effect of MitraClip treatment on symptoms and left ventricular (LV) remodeling in nonresponders to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). BACKGROUND Moderate to severe functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) frequently persists after CRT, contributing to reduced or no response to CRT. Percutaneous repair with the MitraClip has been pro...

BACKGROUND Concomitant functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR) is frequently not corrected because it may improve after AVR; however, data supporting this assumption are sparse. We ascertained the impact of clinical and echocardiographic parameters on the outcome of patients with or without concomitant FMR at the time of AVR. METHODS AND RES...

Functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) occurs despite a structurally normal mitral valve (MV) as a consequence of global or regional left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. It is a common complication and predicts poor outcome in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. The pathophysiology of FMR is closely related to several factors such as systolic MV tenting as a result of LV geometric changes, a red...

Nanocrystalline Co40Fe40B20 films, with film thickness tf = 100 nm, were deposited on glass substrates by the magnetron sputtering method at room temperature. During the film deposition period, a dc magnetic field, h = 40 Oe, was applied to introduce an easy axis for each film sample: one with h||L and the other with h||w, where L and w are the length and width of the film. Ferromagnetic resona...

BACKGROUND Functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) occurs commonly in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). This study was conducted to explore the role of left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony in developing FMR in patients with DCM in comparison with geometric parameters of the mitral apparatus. METHODS Twenty patients without FMR and 33 patients with FMR [effective regurgitant orifice area...

AIMS We surveyed the state of implementation of the school-based fluoride mouth-rinsing programme (S-FMR) in schools in Japan from March 2010. METHODS Questionnaires on the implementation status of S-FMR in each type of school (including preschool and kindergarten) were sent by post to the oral health administration departments of all 47 prefectures and 89 cities (18 ordinance-designated citi...

Syngeneic X-irradiated Friend, Moloney, and Rauscher (FAIR) lymphomas readily induce transplantation resistance in C57BL/6 mice. Similar resistance is more difficult to induce in BALB/c mice. To determine whether this difference in response is due to a lesser immunogenicity of FMR cells of BALB/c ori gin, C57BL/6 mice were pretreated with viable or X-irradiated BALB/c FMR cells, or with X-irrad...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Assessment of knowledge among resident trainees and nurses is very important since majority of patients admitted in hospital have underlying diabetes which could lead to adverse clinical outcomes if not managed efficiently. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the knowledge related to the management of diabetes among registered nurses (RN) an...

BACKGROUND Dental caries inequalities still severely burden individuals' and society's health, even in countries where fluoride toothpastes are widely used and the incidence of dental caries has been decreasing. School-based fluoride mouth-rinse (S-FMR) programs, a population strategy for dental caries prevention, might decrease dental caries inequalities. This study investigated the associatio...

According to Vonsovskii, ferromagnetic resonance FMR was unknowingly discovered by Arkad’yev in 1911. The standard citation for the experimental discovery of FMR is to Griffiths for his observation of the rather broad absorption profile and an “anomalous” electron paramagnetic resonance EPR field for in-plane magnetized electroplated ferromagnetic films. One year later, Kittel explained the ano...