Atrial fibrillation in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: prevalence, risk factors and prognostic significance by T. G. Vaikhanskaya, T. A. Dubovik, O. D. Levdansky, T. V. Kurushko, N. G. Danilenko

“…Compared with patients maintaining sinus rhythm, patients with AF were older (51,4±10 vs  43,6±13 years, p=0,001) and had lower exercise tolerance (6-minute walk test: 379±45 vs 445±43 meters; p=0,0002) and a higher heart failure functional class (NYHA class III-IV: 38/50,7% vs 52/26,7%; χ2=13,6; p=0 ,0003). …”
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Analysis of Characteristics of Bovine-Derived Non-Enterotoxigenic <i>Bacteroides fragilis</i> and Validation of Potential Probiotic Effects by Dong Wang, Long Zhao, Jingyi Lin, Yajing Wang, Haihui Gao, Wenhui Liu, Qirui Li, Liang Zhang, Xiaodong Kang, Kangkang Guo

“…The results of the animal experiments showed that BF-1153 had a certain preventive effect on diarrhea symptoms in SPF Kunming mice caused by a bovine rotavirus (BRV). …”
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The association of ferritin with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in community-dwellers: The English longitudinal study of ageing. by Nikolaos P E Kadoglou, Jane P Biddulph, Snorri B Rafnsson, Marialena Trivella, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Panayotes Demakakos

“…<h4>Background</h4>Ferritin constitutes a sensitive iron-storage index and multi-functional protein. Evidence on its association with mortality in general population is scarce and conflicting. …”
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A Non-Surgical Wearable Option for Bone Conduction Hearing Implants: A Comparative Study with Conventional Bone Conduction Hearing Aids Mounted on Eyeglasses by Federica Di Berardino, Giovanni Ciavarro, Giulia Fumagalli, Claudia Albanese, Enrico Pasanisi, Diego Zanetti, Vincenzo Vincenti

“…Results: A significant functional gain was observed in both settings (<i>p</i> = 0.0001). …”
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Impaired Health-Related Quality of Life in Hepatitis B Virus Carriers: A Comparative Study Using the WHO-QOL-BREF by Amira Mahmoud Al Balakosy, Marwa Ahmed Mohamed, Azza Mohammed Hassan, Ethar Mokhtar Badran

“…Conclusion HBV carriers experience impaired quality of life, with physical functioning being the most significantly affected domain. …”
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Identification of potential druggable targets for endometriosis through Mendelian randomization analysis by Peng Chen, Xin Wei, Xiao-Ke Li, Yi-Hang Zhou, Yi-Hang Zhou, Qi-Fang Liu, Ling Ou-Yang

“…Additionally, we conducted a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network as well as functional enrichment analyses to unveil potential associations among target proteins.ResultsMR analysis revealed that a decrease of one standard deviation (SD) in plasma R-Spondin 3 (RSPO3) level had a protective effect on EM (OR = 1.0029; 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 1.0015–1.0043; P = 3.2567e-05; Bonferroni P &lt; 5.63 × 10−5). …”
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Segmental Yttrium-90 Radioembolization as an Initial Treatment for Solitary Unresectable HCC by Natalie J. Rothenberger, Qian Yu, Shakthi K. Ramasamy, Thuong Van Ha, Steven Zangan, Rakesh Navuluri, Osman Ahmed

“…For 34.2% (12/35), TARE functioned as a bridge to transplantation. Transplanted patients exhibited a median pathologic necrosis of 98% (IQR 7.5). …”
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Evidence of a relationship between circulating ghrelin and sleep quality in male alcohol-dependent patients after abstinence by Xian He, Lina Gu, Yayun Xu, Yi Zhai, Rongrong Gu, Erhui Sheng, Biao Dai, Qingrong Xia, Yu Liu

“…Furthermore, AD patients with OSA had lower levels of ghrelin compared to AD patients without OSA (P = 0.037). …”
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Feasibility and Outcomes of Vessel-Sparing Surgery for Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Thigh Adjacent to Femoral Vessels by Yang ZM, Qu H, Wang KY, Wu JD, Liu B, Jin LB, Huang X, Lin N, Tao HM, Ye ZM

“…Due to the imbalance in case numbers between the two groups, propensity score matching was applied at a 1:1 ratio, after which the two datasets were compared and analyzed.Results: By the last follow-up, 40 had experienced recurrence, 35 patients had died, 15 were surviving with tumors, and 161 were living tumor-free. …”
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Mixed method study of feasibility and acceptability of electronic screening for measurement-based symptom monitoring of veterans accessing mental health treatment in VA community c... by Erin Almklov, Michael W. Lee, John D. Gault, Brian H. Blanco, Brian Huynh, Abigail Angkaw, Neal Doran, Niloofar Afari, James O. E. Pittman

“…Similarly, providers indicated eScreening had a positive impact on communication, collaboration of care, and transparency. …”
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Analysis on related risk factors for cardiocerebral vascular diseases in patients with diabetic kidney disease by ZHANG Zhi-xu, GAO Ai-qing, RAO Xiao-pang

“…Multivariate Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the risk factors in diabetic kidney disease patients with cardiocerebral vascular diseases.Results Among the 800 patients with diabetic kidney disease,558 ones had cardiocerebral vascular complications（69.75%）, with the incidences of coronary artery disease（CAD）,left ventricular hypertrophy（LVH）,congestive heart failure（CHF）,cerebral vascular accident（CVA）and large atherosclerosis（LA）of 12.50%（100/800）, 4.13%（33/800）, 4.37%（35/800）, 13.75%（110/800）and,35.00%（280/256）,respectively.The incidences of the above five cardiocerebral vascular complications of DKD patients with chronic kidney disease（CKD） stage I to V were 2.50%（20/800）, 3.75%（30/800）, 12.50%（100/800）, 17.5%（140/800） and 33.5%（268/800）, respectively.The differences of the incidences of the above five cardiocerebral vascular complications between DKD patients with difference CKD stages had statistical significance（χ²=14.138,P=0.001）.There were differences of statistical significance（P<0. 05） of age, body mass index（BMI）, SBP, drinking rate, smoking rate, HbA1 C, Scr, SUA, TC, LDL-C, UACR, Apoa, PTH and β₂-MG between the two groups. …”
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Correlation between LCX-QFR and clinical outcomes following a single-stent strategy for left main bifurcation lesions by Cheng-Duo Zhang, Ji-Sheng Zhou, Li-Yun He, Xin-Ye Xu, Yu-Peng Wang, Ming Cui

“…In addition, 32 patients had a ΔQFR ≥0, and 58 patients had a ΔQFR &lt;0. …”
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Dynamic Nomogram for Predicting the Fall Risk of Stroke Patients: An Observational Study by Wu Y, Jiang X, Wang D, Xu L, Sun H, Xie B, Tan S, Chai Y, Wang T

“…Patients with a fall history within the last 3 months, or a Berg balance scale (BBS) score of < 40, or combined with anxiety had a higher fall risk. The differentiation of the dynamic nomogram model was evaluated. …”
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Evaluation of the relationship of immuno-inflammatory process with dyslipidemia and myocardial morphofunctional parameters in patients with chronic heart failure on the background... by A. S. Ankudinov, A. N. Kalyagin

“…The study involved 57 women with CHF-SFV, formed as a result of coronary heart disease and/or hypertension. All patients had functional class I and II according to NYHA. …”
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Exploring corrosion behavior, antimicrobial evaluation, molecular docking and DFT calculation of thiosemicarbazone ligand and its metal complexes by Howida S. Mandour, Lobna A. Khorshed, Amr M. Abdou, Basma Ghazal

“…Also, from cyclic voltammetry technique which had been used for testing the metal complexes Ni (II), Co (II) and Cd (II) derived from the ligand (HL); all the details about the redox reactions of these compounds had been obtained. …”
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Postoperative acute multiple organ failure after hepatectomy in a Nigerian male with sickle cell trait: a case report by Toshimitsu Iwasaki, Satoshi Nara, Yuuki Nishimura, Hiroki Ueda, Yoji Kishi, Minoru Esaki, Kazuaki Shimada, Nobuyoshi Hiraoka

“…Based on these findings, we determined that he had SCT and developed vaso-occlusive crisis involving multiple organs just after hepatectomy. …”
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177Lu-DOTATATE peptide receptor radionuclide therapy in metastatic or advanced and inoperable primary neuroendocrine tumors of rare sites by Pradeep Thapa, Rahul Parghane, Sandip Basu

“…As per the RECIST 1.1, seven patients had stable disease and one patient had progressive disease. …”
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Quality of life of patients with alkaptonuria by A. V. Kuzin, V. N. Amirdzhanova, E. M. Zaytseva, E. A. Dolzhenkova

“…Their quality-of-life index (LQI) values were more than 0.5. 22% of patients had 0&lt;LQI≤0.5. In some cases, LQI≤0 was detected. …”
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Latent profile analysis and influencing factors of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in young and middle-aged spinal cord injury patients by Songbo Jia, Zhenzhen Wang, Qiaoju Yang, Jiayi Guan, Yange Yang, lijun Min

“…Abstract Background Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has a profound impact on the physiological, psychological, social functioning, and occupational development of young and middle-aged spinal cord injury (SCI) patients, with a multitude of factors influencing its manifestation. …”
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Magnetic resonance tomography capabilities and limitations in managing the efficacy of treatment with biological disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in ankylosing spondylitis by P. A. Shesternya, O. D. Gritsenko, P. A. Astanin, A. Yu. Stepanenko, N. V. Popov

“…The median of treatment duration was 1.5 [1.0; 4,5] year. All patients had sacroiliac (SI) and spinal MRI. The activity of the disease was estimated using BASDAI and ASDAS-CRP/ESR indexes, functional disorders – using the BASFI questionnaire. …”
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