Efficacy of the percutaneous transluminal coronary recannalization (PTCR) therapy was evaluated by weighting infarct-related coronary artery segments in 28 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction. The study focused on the influences of the time interval from the onset of chest pain to PTCR (PTCR-Time) and on the post-infarct left ventricular regional wall motion in conjunction wit...

Porcine testicular carbonyl reductase, PTCR which is one of the short chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) superfamily catalyzes the NADPH-dependent reduction of carbonyl compounds including steroids and prostaglandins. Previously we reported C-terminal tail of PTCR was deleted due to a nonsynonymous single nucleotide variation (nsSNV). Here we identified from kinetic studies that the enzymati...

BACKGROUND Emerging drug-eluting stent technologies are evolving toward the elimination of polymeric component used as the method for modulating drug delivery. Although this technological approach seems to be biologically appealing, the impact of durable polymers and metallic stent surfaces on vascular healing remains unclear. In the present study, we aimed to compare the independent effect of ...

Through biological flume experiments, we studied the effect of shear velocity and attachment period on the percent detachment of Pecten maximus post-larvae of different sizes reared on two experimental diets. The first diet, (Pavlova lutheri, Isochrysis galbana, Chaetoceros calcitrans), which served as a reference diet (PTC), is commonly used in bivalve hatcheries; the second is the PTC diet wi...

Multivariate temporal data are hybrid data. Numeric and categorical data type could be consisted of. Most past researches cannot be operated directly on the multivariate temporal data with both types. Additionally, no useful and readable rules are provided in their methods for advanced classification analysis. We proposed Progressive Temporal Class Rule Miner (PTCR-Miner) algorithm to achieve t...

Mixed phases of sodium titanate ceramics are obtained using both conventional and laser sintering methods. It was observed a clear dependence on the structural, microstructural electrical resistivity with employed method. The temperature in shows an increase three orders magnitude narrow range temperatures, thereby indicating noticeable positive coefficient (PTCR) effect. To explain this abnorm...

Changes in meat quality traits are strongly associated with alterations in postmortem metabolism which depend on genetic variations, especially nonsynonymous single nucleotide variations (nsSNVs) having critical effects on protein structure and function. To selectively identify metabolism-related nsSNVs, next-generation transcriptome sequencing (RNA-Seq) was carried out using RNAs from porcine ...

We disagree with the comments made by Dr. F. James Brennan that major events were underreported in our recent Journal article (1). Although we used a composite end point that included death, myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident and myocardial revascularization, we also separately reported mortality, myocardial infarction, repeat revascularization procedures and stroke (1). For exampl...

BACKGROUND Antiplatelet treatment is an important component in optimizing the clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) especially in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Prasugrel, which is a new P2Y12 inhibitor, has been confirmed as efficacious in a large trial in Western countries, and a similar trial is also to be launched in Asian countries. Although a 60-mg...

By means of ambulance records, the current state of medical services for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was investigated in Chiba City and Ichihara City, Japan. From all patients transported by ambulance personnel in 1992 (n=31,191), 388 patients who were admitted within 2 weeks after the onset were studied. Types of admitting institution, diagnoses, medical treatments and p...