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Evaluation of postoperative myocardial injury by heart-type fatty acid-binding protein in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

2015

Abstract Background and goal of study Postoperative myocardial infarction is a serious and frequent complication of cardiac surgery. Nonetheless, diagnosis in this context is occasionally challenging. We sought to evaluate the kinetics and diagnostic accuracy of the new biomarker “heart-type fatty acid-binding protein” (h-FABP) in the early detection of myocardial injury in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting, compared with classical biomarkers. Materials and methods A prospective study was conducted on 17 consecutive patients who underwent off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting during a 2-month period. Blood samples were drawn for measurement of myocardial ischem…

Potential options to optimize therapy of gastroesophageal reflux disease with proton pump inhibitors.

2007

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are antisecretory agents that are widely used in the short- and long-term management of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) to relieve symptoms, heal esophagitis, and prevent complications, such as strictures and Barrett’s esophagus. The total healthcare costs of GERD are high, especially for maintenance treatment. Therefore, the choice of cost-effective therapeutic options is an ineluctable challenge for public health authorities, third-party payers, and patients. In some European Union countries, a recent trend of public health authorities is to promote the choice of less expensive PPIs, regardless of their antisecretory potency – this in spite of the evid…

Long-Term Clinical Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Ostial/Mid-Shaft Lesions Versus Distal Bifurcation Lesions in Unprotected Le…

2013

Objectives The aim of this study was to compare, in a large all-comer registry, the long-term clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents (DES) for ostial/mid-shaft lesions versus distal bifurcation lesions in unprotected left main coronary artery (ULMCA) stenosis. Background Limited data are available regarding clinical outcomes following DES implantation at the different ULMCA sites. Methods Patients with ULMCA stenosis treated by PCI with DES were analyzed in this multinational registry. Results A total of 1,612 patients were included: 482 were treated for ostial/mid-shaft lesions versus 1,130 for distal bifurcation lesions. At a median follo…

Maintenance therapy in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.

2005

Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) is a chronic condition. Symptom control and the maintenance of healing of erosive oesophagitis, if present, are important topics. In patients responding to a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) and showing no treatment symptoms it is appropriate to consider long-term treatment strategies, whether continuous, intermittent or on demand. Maintenance PPI therapy is well tolerated for up to 10 years of continuous use. Furthermore, tachyphylaxis does not occur during long-term maintenance PPI therapy. Previous concerns about risks of long-term PPI therapy in Heliobacter pylori-negative or H. pylori-positive patients have not materialized, while no cases of intesti…

A stinging wasp in the stomach: accidental endoscopic diagnosis of a systemic anaphylactic reaction.

2015

of a proton pump inhibitor and prokinetic treatment. Because of her medical history, an upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy was performed. We discovered, in the proximalpartof theantrumonthegreater curvature, an intact dead wasp with its sting visible and an underlying slightly swollen red welt in the area of the sting

Group 1 ITI Consensus Report: The influence of implant length and design and medications on clinical and patient-reported outcomes

2018

The following article: Jung, R.E., Al-Nawas, B., Araujo, M., Avila-Ortiz, G., Barter, S., Brodala, N., ... Windisch, P. (2018). Group 1 ITI Consensus Report: The influence of implant length and design and medications on clinical and patient-reported outcomes. Clinical Oral Implants Research, 29(S16), 69-77, can be accessed at https://doi.org/10.1111/clr.13342. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. Objectives: The aim of Working Group 1 was to address the influence of different local (implant length, diameter, and design) and systemic (medications) factors on clinical, radiographic, and patient‐re…

Continuous subcutaneous Insulin infusion leads to immediate, table, and long-term changes in metabolic control

2008

Background:  Evaluations of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) usually focus on one pre- and one post-CSII measurement to assess metabolic therapy outcome. Aim:  Extending this research, the aim of the present study was to provide a more fine-grained analysis of achieved glycaemic control. Methods:  In 52 patients with type 1 diabetes (mean age of 37.85 years at CSII begin; s.d. ± 12.41), haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels were assessed every 3 months over a period of 5 years (1 year before and 4 years after the introduction of CSII). Mixed models were utilized to describe changes in glycaemic control. Results:  The pre–post course showed that already in the first quarter, a statis…

Long Term Clinical Follow-up and Graft Patency of Offpump vs On-pump Coronary Artery Surgery in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarct…

2008

Cirurgia coronària amb i sense circulació extracorpòria. Morbimortalitat postoperatòria i seguretat a curt i llarg terme

2016

OBJETIUS: Les malalties cardiovasculars representen el 25-40% de totes les morts a Europa i Amèrica del Nord amb una majoria causada per coronariopaties. La cirurgia de revascularització coronària amb circulació extracorpòria (CEC) segueix sent el “gold stàndard” del tractament quirúrugic d’aquesta patologia. Malgrat la millora de les tècniques i l'experiència quirúrgica, part de la morbiditat relacionada amb la cirurgia coronària és causada per la CEC i és per aquest motiu l’augment de procediments de revascularització coronària sense CEC les darreres dècades. L’ objectiu d’aquesta tesi és descriure l’experiència del nostre centre durant 20 anys (1993-2013) en la cirurgia cardiaca de revas…

Alignment of linear molecules by short duration laser pulses

2005

Alignment of linear molecules is efficiently induced by strong linearly polarized laser pulses. In the case of short pulses with respect to molecular rotation, periodic alignment appears in field-free conditions after the extinction of the field. This manuscript presents three techniques where the value of allows to quantify alignment without molecular dissociation nor additional alignment. They use a weak time-delayed probe pulse which experiences the optical properties of an aligned sample and shows modification of its characteristics. The first of them measures a depolarization due to the birefringence of the sample. The second one is based on the defocusing produced by the spatial distr…