Background Rarely, patients with normally sized RV and LV will undergo total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC) due to the complexity of their intracardiac anatomy giving them a dual ventricle (DV) for a single cardiac output. The ventricular function in this unique physiology compared to SRV, SLV and normal hearts remains poorly understood, with few studies performed. In this study, we perform a ...

The Varkud Satellite RNA contains a self-cleaving ribozyme that has been shown to function independently of its surroundings. This 160 nucleotide ribozyme adopts a catalytically active tertiary structure that includes a kissing hairpin complex formed by stem-loop I and stem-loop V (SLV). The five-nucleotide 5'-rUGACU loop of the isolated SLV has been shown to adopt a Mg(2+)-dependent U-turn str...

One application of physical acoustics is the development of ultrasonic dental instruments for cleaning purposes including descalers and endosonic files. The vibration characteristics of these instruments have been measured by scanning laser vibrometry, SLV. One possible contribution to the cleaning processes is cavitation and we have been using sonochemical methods to characterize cavitation ar...

BACKGROUND Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) can result in functional improvement and reduced mortality in patients with medically refractory heart failure. Although CRT is reportedly effective in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD), it is still controversial in patients who have systemic right ventricle. METHODS AND RESULTS: Twenty CHD patients treated with CRT since 2006 were d...

Hispanic populations are a valuable resource that can and should facilitate the identification of complex trait genes by means of admixture mapping (AM). In this paper we focus on a particular Hispanic population living in the San Luis Valley (SLV) in Southern Colorado. We used a set of 22 Ancestry Informative Markers (AIMs) to describe the admixture process and dynamics in this population. AIM...

BACKGROUND Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) exposes to risks both the donor, due to a potential small residual liver volume, and the recipient, who faces the risk of small-for-size graft syndrome. In order to overcome these drawbacks, liver grafts from two different donors can be used. This paper presents a case of dual graft LDLT using a right hemiliver and a left lateral section from...

In this paper, we show that a time-dependent local stochastic volatility (SLV) model can be reduced to system of autonomous PDEs solved using the heat kernel, by means Wei-Norman factorization method and Lie algebraic techniques. Then, compare results traditional Monte Carlo simulations with explicit solutions obtained said This approach is new in literature and, ad...

Graft size-matching is one of the critical concerns in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (ATALDLT). In this study, we evaluated regeneration of a small-for-size graft less than 50% of the standard liver volume (SLV). We reviewed nine patients of united network of organ sharing (UNOS) status 2 or 3 who had undergone ATALDLT with a left lobe graft. For the comparison of liver rege...

BACKGROUND In several clinical situations, lung separation and single-lung ventilation (SLV) is essential. In these cases, the double-lumen tube (DLT) is the most widely used device. Bronchial blocker such as Univent or Arndt Blocker serves as an alternative. The EZ-Blocker(®) (EZ; AnaesthetIQ B.V., Rotterdam, The Netherlands) is a new device promising to exceed clinical performance of DLT. The...