long term outcomes of iliac artery angioplasty and stenting

... curves with right censoring of the latter at time of last viral load assessment and censoring at time of death and loss of follow up Rates of changes in drug regimens and drug toxicities were assessed ... Review Boards of the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Results Baseline characteristics Between April 2004 and 31 March 2007, a total of 7583 (about ... study and takes responsibility for the integrity and the accuracy of the data analysis Study concept and design: IMS, DW, APM, AVR Acquisition of data: IMS, DR, PM Analysis and interpretation of...

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... follow-up study of individuals enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of daily sedative interruption, Kress and colleagues [12] looked at the influence of sedation protocol on the long- term psychological ... study, Nelson and colleagues [11] looked at the relationship between days and intensity of sedation use in patients with ALI and subsequent PTSD and depression They found that duration of sedation ... such as the use of sedative and analgesic medications, have profound effects on memories, delusions, and confusion [9] We are not aware of any studies investigating the effects of specific sedation...

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... and design of the study, acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data, and wrote the first draft of the manuscript GW was involved in the conception and design of the study, acquisition and ... requiring at least 30 days of ICU care; the approach was as follows Cutoff points for number of ICU readmissions, ICU length of stay and duration of ventilation (both in multiples of 30 days) were chosen ... discharged to long- term care institutions with the expectation that these patients would require care in these long- term care institutions indefinitely Of the 14% discharged to long- term care institutions,...

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... presence and persistence of IgG and IgE anti-influenza antibodies in the serum from those with normal and ele- 243 vated levels of IgE are understandable Our findings appear to be of importance and ... studies are the first to describe the long- term persistence of IgE anti-Influenza virus antibodies in vaccinated children and adults, with normal and elevated levels of serum IgE, approaching two years ... both normal and elevated serum IgE levels, had specific IgG and IgE anti-influenza antibodies, detected by immunoblot Of notable interest under study, is the long- term persistence of these antibodies...

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... concentration of G418 (Invitrogen) of 400 lgÆmL)1 G418-resistant colonies were picked and expanded for PCR genotyping and the formation of embryoid bodies One ESC clone (T26) out of 48 G418-resistant ... endothelial cell biology of the mouse, and will accelerate the molecular and cellular analysis of ECs and their heterogeneity in various vascular beds 1994 Construction of the transgene Total RNA ... understanding of genetic mechanisms of endothelial development and functions However, further analyses of vascular phenotypes in vivo have been hampered by the complicated relationship between ECs and...

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... Measuring the long- term perception of monetary policy and the term structure The views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily reflect the views of the Bank of Finland I would like ... presence of shifts in the long- term perception of the short -term interest rate Finally, some conclusions are drawn in section Monetary policy, in‡ ation target and long term interest rates Evans and ... Sack and Swanson (2003) show that since the mid-1997, when the Bank of England gained more operational independence and the long- term in‡ ation target was known, the dynamics of the long- term...

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... suggest that a longer -term look is needed to better understand the implications of our interventions The purpose of this study was to independently evaluate the long- term clinical outcomes in patients ... excision of ligamentum flavum and other soft tissue and bony compressive pathology, and concomitant arthodesis in the presence of a degenerative spondylolisthesis References Baker WM: Formation of ... the total hip/knee replacement literature where long term outcomes are provided for prostheses no longer manufactured and surgical approaches no longer used Just as the first potential weakness...

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... ashfall and ash storms resulted in evacuations out of the area in the short and long term The following types of responses were identified from interviews: • Short -term (

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... ashfall and ash storms resulted in evacuations out of the area in the short and long term The following types of responses were identified from interviews: • Short -term (

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... effects of long- term elevation of air temperature and CO2 on the frost hardiness of Scots pine Plant, Cell and Environment, 19: 209–216 Roberntz P (1999): Effects of long- term CO2 enrichment and ... result in prolongation of the shoot growth period and in a subsequent enhancement of wood production (Beuker 1994) The effect of long- term (months and years) CO2 enrichment on phenology of Norway ... through the bud scales, and – leaf per needle elongation) Shoot elongation growth was observed on exposed and shaded apical (ExA and ShA) and exposed and shaded lateral (ExL and ShL) buds/shoots...

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... high standards required for seed storage today and In the context of a long- term storage project at the University of Hannover, the physiological development during storage and germination of different ... began to appear, a sample of 50 seedlings/treatment was taken to determine the consumption of food reserves and build-up of shoot and root dry matter mm germination Knowledge of physiological processes ... for the development of seed-storage methods The current rule of thumb is that a water content of 40% and a temperature of -4 °C are the minima acorns require to survive (Holmes and Buszewicz, 1956;...

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... margin at the fascia lata of the right thigh B: PET-CT mages in coronary (1) and sagittal (2) sections of the right thigh and hot spots indicate the recurrent tumor Page of Figure Post-operative ... the start of postoperative radiotherapy instead of chemotherapy, in consideration of the patient’s uncontrolled DM Details of the AFTV have already been reported [5] We used a mixture of both paraffin-embedded ... World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2011, 9:96 http://www.wjso.com/content/9/1/96 Page of Hohenberger P, Wysocki WM: Neoadjuvant treatment of locally advanced soft tissue sarcoma of the limbs:...

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... operation and predictable survival in the medium and long- term: Analysis of survival and prognostic markers World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2010 8:82 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and ... Supervised and assisted in all of the statistical analysis KID - Conceived of the idea, participated in its design and wrote and supervised several drafts of the manuscript All authors have read and ... 2003, 199:85-93 De Silva MV, Fernando MS, Fernando D: Comparison of Some Clinical and Histological Features of Colorectal Carcinoma Occurring in Patients Below and Above 40 years Ceylon Medical...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:22

... Improvements in the standardization and interpretation of knee and hip radiographs have produced more accurate measurements of both joint space width (JSW) and the progression of joint space narrowing ... evidence of OA of the affected knee on a radiograph obtained within six months of the outset of the study Finally, patients had to have a minimum JSW of the medial compartment of between and mm, ... compartment: summation of medial and lateral femoral condyle and tibial compartment: summation of medial and lateral tibial plateau), respectively Meniscal damage and bone edema The meniscal and bone evaluation...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... effectiveness and safety issues [27,28] Evaluation of the efficacy of long- term therapy shows that, after years of infliximab therapy, the majority of patients had a low level of disease activity and that ... predictors of longterm continuation of the therapy Materials and methods Study population Five hundred eleven patients with RA entered the Belgium expanded access program between February 2000 and September ... estimation of the slope of the course of disease activity from week 22 forward was estimated by means of linear mixed model analysis with an unstructured covariance matrix with random intercept and random...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... cohort, the results of this analysis support those of other published series Page of Impact of exact histological grading In terms of overall survival and disease relapse of patients primarily ... long- term outcomes of our adolescent and adult patients with pineal parenchymal gland tumors treated with radiation therapy, to identify outcome, possible prognostic factors and patterns of failure ... radiotreatment of pineocytomas seems to be a safe and effective method with a local control rate of 100% in our small collective, intensification of therapy in aggressive variants of intermediate...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... representative plot of short -term and treatment changes of the B cell expression of CD27 and IgD on B cells in bone marrow from patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving rituximab long- term rheumatoid ... affected by rituximab (Table 2) Page of 12 (page number not for citation purposes) Long- term effects of rituximab treatment To evaluate long- term effects of rituximab, we divided the patients ... (Three Star Inc., Ashland, OR, USA) Collection of blood and BM samples Heparinized blood and BM aspirates of a volume of 10 ml each were obtained at baseline (n = 37) Blood and BM sampling was...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... NCBI’s, and I understand the EBI is keen to involve communities to ensure the database is better tailored to individuals’ needs In the long term it is probably better to just store the samples and ... size of the files, uploading and downloading data from a central repository is not easy The model of a central archive may need to be revisited and we may see in the future an increased use of ... doi:10.1186/gb-2010-12-3-402 Cite this article as: GB Editorial Team: Closure of the NCBI SRA and implications for the long- term future of genomics data storage Genome Biology 2011, 12:402 ...

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... significant proportion of the whole group of HIV-infected patients with long- term use of cART This might be suggestive of a decrease in angiogenesis and endothelial repair Use of PIs was evenly distributed ... risk of myocardial infarction For the whole patient group, regardless of ABC use, evidence of a prothrombotic state was observed Thirty-three percent of patients with longterm use of cART and ... al., Markers of inflammation and coagulation indicate a prothrombotic state in HIV-infected patients with long- term use of antiretroviral therapy with or without abacavir AIDS Research and Therapy...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... facilitate and support multiprofessional teamwork, integration of primary and specialist care to improve care systems, professional performance (guideline adherence), and patient outcomes The aim of ... contributed to the design of study, data analysis and interpretation, and writing of paper RG, JvE, LN and RH contributed to the design of study, data analysis and interpretation and writing the results ... improvement topics of the sites, the aim of this study was to measure the possible impact of the QIC on a wide variety of patient outcomes, professional performance, or structural aspects of diabetes...

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