The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relation between gender and plaque characteristics assessed by virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) in patients with stable angina pectoris. Preinterventional VH-IVUS image was available for analysis in 88 men and 60 women patients. Women had significantly smaller vessel volume (12.7 ± 3.9 versus 14.5 ± 4.2 mm(3)/mm, P = .01) and sma...

in order to investigate the effect of mn and salinity on some physiological and echophysiological characteristics of pistachio seedlings (cv. badami-e-zarand) in sand culture (perlite medium), a factorial greenhouse experiment was carried out in the framework of a completely randomized design comprised of two factors namely: salinity (zero, 75, 150, 225 and 300 mm nacl) and mn (zero, 12, 24 and...

OBJECTIVE Generic medications are associated with reduced perceived effectiveness, increased perceived adverse effects, and increased rates of nonadherence compared with brand-name medications. This study examined the effect of an apparent medication formulation change on subjective and objective measures of medication effectiveness and medication side effects. METHODS Sixty-two university st...

Serum syndecan-1 was investigated in 189 patients with newly diagnosed monoclonal proteinaemia (MM (66), MGUS (54), provisional MGUS (no bone marrow examination performed; 69)) and 36 controls. Syndecan-1 levels ranged widely between all diagnostic categories and were of limited discriminatory value (sensitivity 68%, specificity 78%) in newly diagnosed monoclonal proteinaemia. 48 Schaar-03 XP 2...

BACKGROUND Aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the telmisartan-amlodipine combination at different doses on urinary albumin excretion rate (UAER) in hypertensive diabetic patients with microalbuminuria. METHODS After a 2-week placebo period, 300 hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes and microalbuminuria were treated with the 40 mg of telmisartan and 2.5 mg of amlodipine combi...

OBJECTIVE To review sentinel lymph node (SLN) data from Stanford University Medical Center from January 1, 1997, to January 1, 2004, including rates of SLN positivity according to 2002 American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) tumor classification, relation to other clinical and pathologic prognostic factors, and rates and sites of melanoma recurrence. DESIGN Retrospective case series. SETT...

We combined a database of paired blood pressure measurements taken using the Hawksley random-zero sphygmonanometer and a standard mercury sphygmomanometer and a database of paired measurements made on a SpaceLabs 90202 ambulatory blood pressure recorder and standard sphygmomanometer to determine how the SpaceLabs 90202 would have fared if it had been assessed against the Hawksley random-zero sp...