BACKGROUND Idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) can originate from the left ventricular papillary muscles (PAMs). This study investigated the electrophysiological characteristics of these VAs and their relevance for the results of catheter ablation. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 19 patients who underwent successful catheter ablation of idiopathic VAs originating from the anterior (n=7) a...

The Drosophila protein Vasa (VAS) is essential maternally for posterior patterning and germ cell specification. In the developing ovary and embryo, VAS is mostly present in germline RNPs, a general term for large cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein particles such as nuage particles and polar granules. These particles, and VAS specifically, are involved in localizing and regulating translation from as...

The rat vas deferens was removed and either transplanted alongside the soleus muscle or into the bed of the soleus muscle that had previously been removed, and in this case the soleus nerve was connected to the transplant. The vas deferens reinnervated by the somatomotor nerve recovered the best. Contractions to transmural electrical stimulation could not be elicited from the denervated vas def...

The pain relief scale (PRS) is a method that measures the magnitude of change in pain intensity after treatment. The present study aimed to evaluate the correlation between PRS and changes in pain determined by the visual analogue scale (VAS) and numerical rating scale (NRS), to confirm the evidence supporting the use of PRS. Sixty patients with chronic spinal pain that had a VAS and NRS record...

The diagnostic procedures, indications for surgery and operative techniques for carotid artery occlusive diseases are well established, but still there is a lot of controversy regarding surgery of vertebral arteries (VAs), especially kinked VAs. Even more controversy exists about indications for surgical repair of different anomalies of VAs. The role of VAs in supplying blood to the brain and t...

Duplication of the vas deferens is a very rare congenital anomaly in which two vasa deferentia coexist within the spermatic cord. Duplication of the vas deferens can be found during herniorrhaphy, vasectomy, and varicocelectomy performed on the spermatic cord or around the spermatic cord. However, it is estimated that the incidence of duplication of the vas deferens is under-reported and under-...

Voluntary Agreements for the Environment (VAs) are collaborative arrangements between industry and regulators in which firms voluntarily commit to actions that improve their environmental performance. VAs differ from inter-firm alliances in that they involve partners of a dissimilar nature. The primary objective of regulators is the procurement of social benefits while that of firms is the purs...

background preference weights for eq-5d-3l based on visual analogue scale (vas) has recently been developed in iran. the aim of the current study was to compare performance of this value set against the uk vas-based value set.   methods the mean scores for all possible 243 health states were compared using student t test. absolute agreement and consistency were investigated using concordance co...