OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper is to identify the factors that determine the prevalence of private medical insurance (PMI) in England. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING Secondary data sources are the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) 1997-2000, Laing's Healthcare Market Review 1999-2000, the United Kingdom (U.K.) Department of Health's National Health Service Waiting Times Team, and the Work Fo...

BACKGROUND Periprocedural myocardial infarction (PMI) has had several definitions in the last decade, including the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) definition, that requires marked biomarker elevations congruent with surgical PMI criteria. METHODS AND RESULTS The aim of this study was to examine the definition-based frequencies of PMI and whether they influence...

Postoperative myocardial infarction (PMI) is one of the most serious complications of cardiac surgeries. No preoperative biomarker is currently available for predicting PMI after cardiac surgeries. In the present study, we used a phage display peptide library to screen potential preoperative peptide biomarkers for predicting PMI after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. Twenty patie...

Introdouction: The purpose of the present study was to determine the possible relationship between gonial angle size and three mandibular morphometric parameters, namely, panoramic mandibular index (PMI), mandibular cortical width (MCW), and antegonial notch depth (AD), in digital panoramic radiographs. Materials and methods: PMI, MCW, and AD were calculated in digital panoramic radiographs of...

The cellular mechanisms underlying the development of congestive heart failure (HF) are not well understood. Accordingly, we studied myocardial function in isolated right ventricular trabeculae from rats in which HF was induced by left ventricular myocardial infarction (MI). Both early-stage (12 wk post-MI; E-pMI) and late, end-stage HF (28 wk post-Mi; L-pMI) were studied. HF was associated wit...

introdouction: the purpose of the present study was to determine the possible relationship between gonial angle size and three mandibular morphometric parameters, namely, panoramic mandibular index (pmi), mandibular cortical width (mcw), and antegonial notch depth (ad), in digital panoramic radiographs. materials and methods: pmi, mcw, and ad were calculated in digital panoramic radiographs of ...

BACKGROUNDS Periprocedural myocardial injury (PMI) after elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) significantly influences the prognosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, it was unclear whether the occurrence of PMI was associated with a series of controllable factors, such as PCI strategy or severity of CAD. METHODS A total of 544 consecutive stable CAD patients underwent e...

Osteoporosis characterized by low bone mass/osteopenia can be identified using radiomorphometric indices in routine panoramic radiographs. This study estimates the prevalence of osteopenia in 50-80 years age group, using panoramic mandibular index (PMI), mental index (MI) and mandibular cortical index (MCI). PMI, MI and MCI were applied on 36 panoramic radiographs; MI and MCI were compared with...

Perioperative myocardial infarction (PMI) is one of the most important causes for short and long term morbidity and mortality associated with non cardiac surgery. Prevention of a PMI is therefore of great importance in improving the overall outcome after non cardiac surgery. In the last few years, extensive research has been conducted into the causes of PMI. Yet, the exact causes of PMI remain ...