BACKGROUND Left ventricular septal (LVS) pacing reduces ventricular dyssynchrony and improves cardiac function relative to right ventricular apex (RVA) pacing in animals. We aimed to establish permanent placement of an LVS pacing lead in patients using a transvenous approach through the interventricular septum. METHODS AND RESULTS Ten patients with sinus node dysfunction scheduled for dual-ch...

Abstract Background Group A rotavirus (RVA), despite being a leading cause of gastroenteritis in infants and young children, is less studied Shanxi Province, China. The current study was conducted to determine the prevalence genetic characterization RVA hospitalized children younger than 10 years age with diagnosis acute Methods hospital-based active surveillance at Children’s Hospital from Jan...

The study was based on correlating a dataset of in vivo mean starch digestibility coefficients obtained in the immediate post-weaning phase of piglets with a range of dietary in vitro variables. The paper presents a model that predicts (R2 0.71) in vivo average starch digestibility coefficients in the 0.5 small-intestinal region of newly weaned piglets fed cereal-based diets using seven in vitr...

Group A rotaviruses (RVAs) are an important cause of diarrhoeal illness in humans, as well as in mammalian and avian animal species. Previous sequence analyses indicated that avian RVAs are related only distantly to mammalian RVAs. Here, the complete genomes of RVA strain 03V0002E10 from turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) and RVA strain 10V0112H5 from pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) were analysed usin...

Although many disinfectants are commercially available in the veterinary field, information on the virucidal effects of disinfectants against equine group A rotavirus (RVA) is limited. We evaluated the performance of commercially available disinfectants against equine RVA. Chlorine- and iodine-based disinfectants showed virucidal effects, but these were reduced by the presence of organic matter...

Current sequence databases now contain numerous whole genome sequences of pathogenic bacteria. However, many of the predicted genes lack any functional annotation. We describe an assumption-free approach, Rapid Virulence Annotation (RVA), for the high-throughput parallel screening of genomic libraries against four different taxa: insects, nematodes, amoeba, and mammalian macrophages. These host...

Objective: The objectives of this study were to determine the pattern rotavirus A (RVA), B (RVB), and C (RVC) shedding in gilts after natural planned exposure (NPE) administration assess effects on piglet weaning weight, preweaning mortality, RV shedding. Materials methods: total 70 pregnant enrolled allocated into 4 groups. Group 1 was given NPE at 5, 4, 3 weeks prefarrowing (WPF); 2 5 WPF; WP...

AIM Chronic right ventricle (RV) apical (RVA) pacing is standard treatment for an atrioventricular (AV) block but may be deleterious to left ventricle (LV) systolic function. Previous clinical studies of non-apical pacing have produced conflicting results. The aim of this randomized, prospective, international, multicentre trial was to compare change in LV ejection fraction (LVEF) between right...

AIMS Little is known about the optimal right ventricular (RV) pacing site in cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). This study compares bi-ventricular pacing at the left ventricular (LV) free wall combined with two different RV stimulation sites: RV outflow tract (RVOT+LV) vs. RV-apex (RVA+LV). METHODS AND RESULTS Thirty-three patients (32 males) with chronic heart failure, NYHA class III-I...

Debranched waxy rice starch (DBS) and fatty acid (FA; i.e., lauric acid and stearic acid) were dissolved and co-precipitated in acetate buffer solutions pH 3-7. The X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) patterns of precipitants obtained displayed B-type at low pH (3-5) but Vh-type at pH 7, indicating that DBS precipitated as free form at pH 3-5 but as inclusion complexes with FA at pH 7. The precipita...