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Left Atrial Appendage Segmentation Using Fully Convolutional Neural Networks and Modified Three-Dimensional Conditional Random Fields.

Thrombosis has become a global disease threatening human health. The left atrial appendage (LAA) is a major source of thrombosis in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Positive correlation exists between LAA volume and AF risk. LAA morphology has been suggested to influence thromboembolic risk in AF patients and to help predict thromboembolic events in low-risk patient groups. Automatic segmen...

Robotic-assisted transradial diagnostic coronary angiography.

Robotic percutaneous coronary interventions have recently been introduced in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Robotics offers benefits of greater precision for stent placement and occupational hazard protection for operators and staff. First generation systems were able to advance and retract coronary wires, balloons, and stents, but did not have guide control functions. The second-generati...

High Incidence of Deep Vein Thrombosis in the Perioperative Period of Neurosurgical Patients.

INTRODUCTION: A prospective study was designed to elucidate incidence and predictors of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in patients undergoing craniotomi...

Drug eluting stents are superior to bare metal stents to reduce clinical outcome and stent-related complications in CKD patients, a systematic review, meta-analysis and network meta-analysis.

Aims To compare clinical outcome in Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients receiving coronary stents according to stent type BMS versus DES and 1st gen...

Magnetically Coated Bioabsorbable Stents for Renormalization of Arterial Vessel Walls after Stent Implantation.

The insertion of a stent in diseased arteries is a common endovascular procedure that can be compromised by the development of short- and long-term in...

Hygroscopic dilators vs balloon catheter ripening of the cervix for induction of labor in nulliparous women at term: Retrospective study.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy and safety of hygroscopic dilators and balloon catheters for ripening of the cervix in induction of labor.

Angiotensin-(1-7) Inhibits Thrombin-Induced Endothelial Phenotypic Changes and Reactive Oxygen Species Production via NADPH Oxidase 5 Downregulation.

The angiotensin-(1-7)/angiotensin-converting enzyme 2/Mas receptor axis counter-regulates the detrimental effects of angiotensin II. Beneficial effec...

Prediction of persistent hemodynamic depression after carotid angioplasty and stenting using artificial neural network model.

OBJECTIVES: To assess and compare predictive factors for persistent hemodynamic depression (PHD) after carotid artery angioplasty and stenting (CAS) u...

Origami-based earthworm-like locomotion robots.

Inspired by the morphology characteristics of the earthworms and the excellent deformability of origami structures, this research creates a novel eart...

Risk Prediction for Portal Vein Thrombosis in Acute Pancreatitis Using Radial Basis Function.

BACKGROUND: Acute pancreatitis (AP) can induce portosplenomesenteric vein thrombosis (PVT), which may generate higher morbidity and mortality. However...

Robotics in percutaneous cardiovascular interventions.

The fundamental technique of performing percutaneous cardiovascular (CV) interventions has remained unchanged and requires operators to wear heavy lea...

Identifying novel factor XIIa inhibitors with PCA-GA-SVM developed vHTS models.

There currently is renewed interest in blood clotting Factor XII as a potential target for thrombosis inhibition. Historically untargeted, there is li...

Clopidogrel-Induced Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome: A Newly Recognized Cause of Hypoglycemia in a Patient Without Diabetes.

Insulin autoimmune syndrome (IAS), defined as hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia with high titers of anti-insulin antibodies, is frequently reported in Jap...

Antioxidant and xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities of total polyphenols from onion.

Onions ( L.) comprise a valuable vegetable crop in many countries. Modern scientific research has shown that onions possess many biological activities...

Continuing versus discontinuing antiplatelet drugs, vasodilators, and/or cerebral ameliorators on perioperative total blood loss in total knee arthroplasty without pneumatic tourniquet.

BACKGROUND: Although studies have supported the utility of perioperative continuation of antiplatelet drugs, vasodilators, and cerebral ameliorators i...

Robotic technology in interventional cardiology: Current status and future perspectives.

Robotic technology has been utilized in cardiovascular medicine for over a decade, and over that period, its use has been expanded to percutaneous cor...

Arthrobots.

This article describes a class of robots-"arthrobots"-inspired, in part, by the musculoskeletal system of arthropods (spiders and insects, inter alia)...

(matico) prevents collagen-induced platelet activation by decreasing phospholipase C-gamma 2 and protein kinase C phosphorylation signaling.

Platelets play a key role in thrombosis and cardiovascular diseases. Medicinal plants could be one of the most important factors that influence risks ...

Prediction of high on-treatment platelet reactivity in clopidogrel-treated patients with acute coronary syndromes.

BACKGROUND: About 40% of clopidogrel-treated patients display high platelet reactivity (HPR). Alternative treatments of HPR patients, identified by pl...

Artificial neural networks predict the incidence of portosplenomesenteric venous thrombosis in patients with acute pancreatitis.

UNLABELLED: Essentials Predicting the occurrence of portosplenomesenteric vein thrombosis (PSMVT) is difficult. We studied 72 patients with acute panc...