Experience in setting up non-robotic minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting in a non-routine off-pump coronary artery bypass center by Yukiharu Sugimura, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Sebastian Johannes Bauer, Friederike Irmgard Schoettler, Moritz Benjamin Immohr, Michael André Maliwa, Arash Mehdiani, Lachmandath Tewarie, Gereon Schaelte, Ajay Moza, Payam Akhyari

“…Methods Between August 2022 and March 2024, 72 consecutive patients with a mean age of 67.4 ± 9.5 years underwent non-robotic MIDCAB (defined as off-pump bypass grafting of the left internal mammary artery to the left anterior descending artery through left-sided mini-thoracotomy). …”
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Mortality in patients with giant cell arteritis in Spain: results from the ARTESER registry by Juan Molina-Collada, Marta Domínguez-Álvaro, Rafael B. Melero-González, Eugenio de Miguel, Maite Silva-Díaz, Jesús Alejandro Valero Jaimes, Ismael González, Julio Sánchez Martín, Javier Narváez, Joan Calvet, Ivette Casafont-Solé, Jose A Román Ivorra, Selene Labrada Arrabal, Margarida Vasques Rocha, Carlota L Iñiguez, María Sagrario Bustabad Reyes, Cristina Campos Fernández, María Alcalde Villar, Antonio Juan Mas, Ricardo Blanco, on behalf of the ARTESER Project Collaborative Group

“…Methods ARTESER, a multicenter registry by the Spanish Society of Rheumatology, includes GCA patients from June 2013 to March 2019. Demographic, clinical, imaging, histological and mortality data were collected retrospectively. …”
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Pectus Carinatum Repair Using the Sandwiched Bars and Screw Fixation System: A Retrospective Cohort Study of a Single Center Experience by Tran Thanh Vy, Ho Tat Bang, Ha Quoc Hung, Lam Thao Cuong, Nguyen Hoang Binh

“…Methods This retrospective cohort study was conducted from March 2016 to February 2023 in patients with PC and PC‐mixed pectus excavatum (PE) deformities. …”
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Characteristics of nursing homes and early preventive measures associated with risk of infection from COVID-19 in Lazio region, Italy: a retrospective case–control study by Leonardo Palombi, Alessio Abbondanzieri, Stefano Orlando, Tuba Mazhari, Gennaro Cerone, Fausto Ciccacci, Giuseppe Liotta, Sandro Mancinelli, Maria Cristina Marazzi

“…Cases were defined as facilities reporting a COVID-19 outbreak (two or more cases) in March–December 2020; controls were defined as LTCFs reporting one case or zero. …”
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Knowledge, behaviour and attitudes towards Chagas disease among the Bolivian migrant population living in Japan: a cross-sectional study by Chris Smith, Kenji Hirayama, Nguyen Tien Huy, Inés María Iglesias Rodríguez, Dao Huy Manh, Tieu Minh Thuan, Hugo Alberto Justiniano, Sachio Miura, George Ito

“…Objectives This study aimed to investigate the knowledge, behaviour and attitudes towards Chagas disease (CD) among Latin American migrants in Japan and to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational activity (EA) in increasing knowledge of CD.Design A cross-sectional, mixed-methods study employing a preknowledge and postknowledge test and focus group discussion, conducted from March 2018 to June 2018.Participants Seventy-two participants were included, all born in Bolivia and residents in four Japanese cities. …”
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Echocardiography evaluation of iatrogenic atrial septal defect after combined procedure of catheter ablation and left atrial appendage closure for atrial fibrillation by Yu Xin Su, Sai Nan Li, Nan Nan Liu, Ming Liang, Zu Lu Wang, Ping Zhang, Qi Zhang, Wei Wei Zhou

“…We retrospectively analyzed 330 patients that underwent combined procedure of catheter ablation for AF and LAAC at General Hospital of Northern Theater Command from January 2018 to March 2022. These patients were divided into iASD group and non-iASD group according to whether there was persistent iASD shown on TEE at 3 months after procedure. …”
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Compulsive Buying Disorder among Medicine, Dentistry, and Nursing Undergraduate Students from Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu, India: A Cross-sectional Study by A Hari Narayanan, Vedapriya Dande Rajasekar, Raja Danasekaran, BN Surya, P Manoj, S Madhush Kumar, Rehana Syed, R Harishma

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu, India from November 2023 to March 2024 among undergraduate students from six colleges. …”
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Mechanical chest compression increases intrathoracic hemorrhage complications in patients receiving extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation by Yoshihisa Matsushima, Tatsuhiro Shibata, Kodai Shibao, Rei Yamakawa, Miyu Hayashida, Toshiyuki Yanai, Takashi Ishimatsu, Takehiro Homma, Shoichiro Nohara, Maki Otsuka, Yoshihiro Fukumoto

“…Methods: We conducted a single-center retrospective study of consecutive patients who underwent ECPR from April 2017 to March 2024 according to a standard institutional protocol. …”
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The Effect of Adjuvant Radiotherapy on One- and Two-Stage Prosthetic Breast Reconstruction and on Autologous Reconstruction: A Multicenter Italian Study among 18 Senonetwork Breast... by Andrea Vittorio Emanuele Lisa, Marzia Salgarello, Alessandra Huscher, Fabio Corsi, Daniele Piovani, Federica Rubbino, Stefania Andreoletti, Giovanni Papa, Francesco Klinger, Corrado Tinterri, Alberto Testori, Marta Scorsetti, Paolo Veronesi, Maria Cristina Leonardi, Mario Rietjens, Umberto Cortinovis, Valeria Summo, Emanuele Rampino Cordaro, Pier Camillo Parodi, Paolo Persichetti, Mauro Barone, Giorgio De Santis, Matteo Murolo, Michele Riccio, Angelica Aquinati, Francesco Cavaliere, Nicola Vaia, Giulia Pagura, Erica Dalla Venezia, Franco Bassetto, Vincenzo Vindigni, Luigi Ciuffreda, Maria Alessandra Bocchiotti, Alberto Sciarillo, Nadia Renzi, Graziano Meneghini, Tajna Kraljic, Andrea Loreti, Lucio Fortunato, Valentina Pino, Valeriano Vinci, Marco Klinger

“…The trial is registered with NCT04783818, and the date of registration is 1 March, 2021, retrospectively registered.…”
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The effect of calf muscular vein thrombosis on the prognosis within one year postoperatively of geriatric hip fracture patients: a propensity score-matched analysis by Jiabao Jiang, Fei Xing, Rong Luo, Zhao Chen, Hao Liu, Zhou Xiang, Xin Duan

“…Trial registration Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR2300069411). Registered March 15, 2023, https://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.html?…”
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Extracellular acyl-CoA-binding protein as an independent biomarker of COVID-19 disease severity by Stephane Isnard, Stephane Isnard, Tsoarello Mabanga, Tsoarello Mabanga, Léna Royston, Léna Royston, Léna Royston, Carolina A. Berini, Carolina A. Berini, Simeng Bu, Simeng Bu, Orthy Aiyana, Orthy Aiyana, Hansen Feng, Hansen Feng, Bertrand Lebouché, Bertrand Lebouché, Bertrand Lebouché, Bertrand Lebouché, Cecilia T. Costiniuk, Cecilia T. Costiniuk, Joseph Cox, Joseph Cox, Guido Kroemer, Guido Kroemer, Guido Kroemer, Madeleine Durand, Jean-Pierre Routy, Jean-Pierre Routy, Jean-Pierre Routy, the Biobanque Québécoise de la COVID-19 (BQC-19)

“…The objective of our work was to assess whether circulating ACBP levels are associated with COVID-19 severity, using proteomics data from the plasma of 903 COVID-19 patients.MethodsSomalogic proteomic analysis was used to detect 5000 proteins in plasma samples collected between March 2020 and August 2021 from hospitalized participants in the province of Quebec, Canada. …”
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Ice-nucleating particles active below −24 °C in a Finnish boreal forest and their relationship to bioaerosols by F. Vogel, F. Vogel, M. P. Adams, L. Lacher, P. B. Foster, G. C. E. Porter, G. C. E. Porter, B. Bertozzi, B. Bertozzi, K. Höhler, J. Schneider, T. Schorr, N. S. Umo, J. Nadolny, Z. Brasseur, P. Heikkilä, E. S. Thomson, N. Büttner, M. I. Daily, R. Fösig, A. D. Harrison, J. Keskinen, U. Proske, U. Proske, U. Proske, J. Duplissy, J. Duplissy, M. Kulmala, T. Petäjä, O. Möhler, B. J. Murray

“…To quantify the INP population at temperatures below <span class="inline-formula">−</span>24 <span class="inline-formula">°C</span>, we deployed a portable cloud expansion chamber (PINE) in a Finnish boreal forest from 13 March 2018 to 11 May 2018. Using the 6 <span class="inline-formula">min</span> time resolution PINE data, we present several lines of evidence that INPs below <span class="inline-formula">−</span>24 <span class="inline-formula">°C</span> in this location are also from biological sources: (i) an INP parameterization developed for a pine forest site in Colorado, where many INPs were shown to be biological, produced a good fit to our measurements; a moderate correlation of INPs with aerosol concentration larger than 0.5 <span class="inline-formula">µm</span> and the fluorescent bioaerosol concentration; (ii) a negative correlation with relative humidity that may relate to enhanced release of bioaerosol at low humidity from local sources such as the prolific lichen population in boreal forests; and (iii) the absence of correlation with ultra-fine particles (3.5 to 50 <span class="inline-formula">nm</span>), indicating that new particle formation events are not sources of INPs. …”
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Measurements on slope parameter mapping based on dual-energy CT enterography for improving Crohn’s disease diagnosis and inflammatory activity evaluation by Ziying Lin, Min Hong, Hua Zhong, Xiaoli Zheng, Yu Lin, Dan Yang, Sihui Zhong, Xin Yue

“…A retrospective analysis of 76 patients with CD and 53 controls who underwent dual-phase DE-CTE between January 2019 and March 2022. CD lesions were divided into non-moderate-to-severe activity (n = 108) and moderate-to-severe activity (n = 59). …”
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Experiences of infertility among couples in Morocco by Amal Benbella, Amal Benbella, Gitau Mburu, Asmaa Zaidouni, Sanae Elomrani, Abdelhakim Yahyane, Karima Gholbzouri, James Kiarie, Rachid Bezad, Rachid Bezad

“…Data collection occurred between January and March 2023. Inductive thematic analysis was conducted to explore the experiences of infertility among the couples.ResultsThe study showed that couples with infertility were exposed to negative experiences such as (i) biomedical experiences (diagnostic delays, fragmented care, multiplicity of treatments), (ii) social experiences (gendered social pressures, stigma, discrimination, marital challenges, isolation and disrupted social routines), (iii) mental experiences (anger, anxiety, depression, and mood changes) as well as (iv) financial limitations (out of pocket payments and financial indebtedness). …”
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Lost microbes of COVID-19: Bifidobacterium, Faecalibacterium depletion and decreased microbiome diversity associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection severity by Eamonn MM Quigley, Thomas J Borody, Sabine Hazan, Neil Stollman, Huseyin S Bozkurt, Sonya Dave, Andreas J Papoutsis, Jordan Daniels, Brad D Barrows

“…Objective The study objective was to compare gut microbiome diversity and composition in SARS-CoV-2 PCR-positive patients whose symptoms ranged from asymptomatic to severe versus PCR-negative exposed controls.Design Using a cross-sectional design, we performed shotgun next-generation sequencing on stool samples to evaluate gut microbiome composition and diversity in both patients with SARS-CoV-2 PCR-confirmed infections, which had presented to Ventura Clinical Trials for care from March 2020 through October 2021 and SARS-CoV-2 PCR-negative exposed controls. …”
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Evaluation of different sesame varieties cultivated under saline conditions in the southwestern coastal region of Bangladesh by Md Shihab Uddine Khan, Md Moshiur Rahman, Arup Ratan Basak, Prodipto Bishnu Angon, Sadia Afroz Ritu, Milon Kobir, Md Riazul Islam

“…The field experiment had been performed during the Kharif-1 season (mid-March to mid-July) of 2022 ​at the BINA (Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture) substation farm, Satkhira. …”
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Mutational Analysis of KCNQ1 Gene in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Case-control Study by Ankush Ganjewar, Ishwar B Bagoji, Sharan Badiger, Rudragouda B Bulagouda, Gurushnatappa Kadakol

“…The duration of present study was from March 2023 to December 2023. A total of 30 peripheral blood samples were collected from the T2DM and 30 samples of healthy controls, and then subjected to genetic analysis. …”
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Clinical depression prevalence and associated factors among adolescents with sickle cell anemia in dar es salaam, tanzania: a cross-sectional study by Linda Paul Athman, Agnes Jonathan, Fatima Musa, Honesta John Kipasika, Isihaka Mahawi, Florence Urio, Mwashungi Ally, Ritah Mutagonda, Lulu Chirande, Julie Makani, Emmanuel Balandya

“…Methodology A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted on adolescents aged 10–19 years attending sickle cell clinics in referral hospitals in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, from October 2023 to March 2024. Socio-demographic and SCA severity data were collected using pre-structured and pre-tested questionnaires. …”
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Protocol for a process evaluation: face-to-face physiotherapy compared with a supported home exercise programme for the management of musculoskeletal conditions: the REFORM trial by David Wong, Catherine Sherrington, Manuela L Ferreira, Christopher G Maher, Hueiming Liu, Joshua R Zadro, Lisa A Harvey, Hannah G Withers, Joanne V Glinsky, Jackie Chu, Matthew D Jennings, Alison J Hayes, Ian J Starkey, Blake A Palmer, Lukas Szymanek, Jackson J Cruwys, Kitty Duong, Anne Barnett, Matthew J Tindall, Barbara R Lucas, Tara E Lambert, Deborah A Taylor

“…Ethical approval was obtained on 17 March 2017 from the Northern Sydney Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee (trial number: HREC/16HAWKE/431-RESP/16/287) with an amendment for the process evaluation approved on 4 February 2020. …”
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Changing consumption of resources for respiratory support and short-term outcomes in four consecutive geographical cohorts of infants born extremely preterm over 25 years since the... by Alicia J Spittle, Lex W Doyle, Peter J Anderson, Li Huang, Jeanie L Y Cheong, Alice C Burnett, Anjali Haikerwal, Merilyn Bear, Margaret Charlton, Janet Courtot, Noni Davis, Julianne Duff, Rachel Ellis, Marie Hayes, Elisha Josev, Elaine Kelly, Marion Mcdonald, Emma Mcinnes, Bronwyn Novella, Gillian Opie, Gehan Roberts, Katherine Scott, Penelope Stevens, Anne-marie Turner, Kim M Dalziel, Katherine Lee, Marissa Clark, Joy E Olsen, Rosemarie A Boland, Alice E Stewart, Leah M Hickey

“…We aimed to determine changes in respiratory support, survival and morbidity in EP infants since the early 1990s.Design Prospective longitudinal cohort study.Setting The State of Victoria, Australia.Participants All EP births offered intensive care in four discrete eras (1991–1992 (24 months): n=332, 1997 (12 months): n=190, 2005 (12 months): n=229, and April 2016–March 2017 (12 months): n=250).Outcome measures Consumption of respiratory support, survival and morbidity to discharge home. …”
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