Vagus nerve stimulation balanced disrupted default-mode network and salience network in a postsurgical epileptic patient by Wang KL, Chai Q, Qiao H, Zhang JG, Liu TH, Meng FG

“…Materials and methods: Using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging, we measured the changes in resting-state brain networks between pre-VNS treatment and 6 months post-VNS, from the perspective of regional and global variations, using regional homogeneity and large-scale functional connectives (seeding posterior cingulate cortex and anterior cingulate cortex), respectively. …”
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Effect of Aerobic Training on Anxiety, Activities of Daily Living and Visual Motor Skills Performance in Children with Autism: A Randomised Controlled Trial by Anju Dhingra, Aarti Gupta, Aditi

“…The outcome measures used were the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED), the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and the mirror drawing apparatus. …”
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Dynamics of chronic heart failure with a low ejection fraction when dapagliflozin is included in standard therapy by A. A. Tsareva, V. A. Razin, S. S. Kosinov

“…There was the increase in ejection fraction of left ventricle by 15,01% comparing with the baseline (35,2 ± 8,6% – baseline, 40,5 ± 10,8% after the SGLT2 inhibitor therapy, p = 0,07). …”
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HEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF CARVEDILOL IN PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION by L. I. Markova, A. I. Radzevich

“…To evaluate the influence of carvedilol (Talliton, Egis, Hungary) on daily profile of blood pressure (BP), anatomical and functional conditions of left ventricle (LV) and cerebral circulation in patients with arterial hypertension (AH), stage II-III. …”
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Encoding-related hippocampus connectivity for scenes, faces, and words: Healthy people compared to people with temporal and frontal lobe epilepsy by Anna Doll, Daniel A. Schlueter, Martin Wegrzyn, Friedrich G. Woermann, Kirsten Labudda, Christian G. Bien, Johanna Kissler

“…During word encoding only, FLE patients had increased left hippocampal relative FC to right-sided regions. …”
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Early signs of myocardial dysfunction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis by L. I. Feiskhanova, D. I. Abdulganieva

“…Patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis are characterized by a deterioration in the diastolic function of the left ventricle or both ventricles simultaneously, which is accompanied by an increase in the level of metalloproteinase-9.…”
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Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography in the Diagnosis of Early Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction After Combined Carotid Endarterectomy and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting by O. V. Maleva, A. A. Korotkevich, O. A. Trubnikova, S. E. Semenov, O. L. Barbarash

“…The rCBF index in the isolated CABG group compared with the combined СEA and CABG group was higher in the right and left temporal lobes (p = 0.01 and p = 0.04), in the right frontal lobe (p = 0.03), right parietal lobe (p = 0.005), and in the right and left occipital lobes (p = 0.03 and p = 0.03). …”
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Contrast-induced acute kidney injury in patients with myocardial infarction non obstruction and with coronary artery obstruction by I. S. Grishin, N. I. Maksimov, N. S. Grishina

“…To conduct a comparative assessment of renal function, risk factors and the incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients with MINOCA and MICAD, including taking into account the value of the left ventricular global function index (LVGFI).Material and methods. …”
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Promoting oxygen reduction reaction by tuning externally doped nitrogen around atomically dispersed iron by Ning Sun, Sen Ru, Chao Zhang, Wei Liu, Qiquan Luo, Jiqing Jiao, Tongbu Lu

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Evaluation of Prefrontal Cortex Activation and Static Balance Mechanisms in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Using fNIRS by Esra Suzen, Kadriye Tombak, Buket Simsek, Omer Halil Colak, Sukru Ozen

“…<i>Materials and Methods:</i> Hemodynamic changes in the right and left dorsolateral cortex (DLPFC), frontopolar prefrontal cortex, and orbitofrontal cortex were analyzed in 16 healthy controls and 15 individuals with AIS. …”
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Evaluation of right ventricular-arterial coupling in chronic heart failure and pulmonary hypertension by K. V. Kondrashova, M. K. Rybakova

“…Right ventricular systolic function is closely related to afterload; therefore, it is important to assess right ventricular-arterial coupling.Objective. …”
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Diagnostic challenges of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: focus on echocardiography by A. A. Ivanova, O. N. Dzhioeva, E. A. Lavrenova, E. A. Rogozhkina, O. M. Drapkina

“…To assess the features of diagnosing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) using echocardiographic markers and diastolic stress test (DST) according to a survey of ultrasound and functional diagnostics specialists in the Russian Federation.Materials and methods. …”
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Generation of geometric irregularities as random disturbances causing rail cab oscillations by A. N. Savoskin, N. S. Lavlinskaya

“…Solving the dynamics problems of rail cabs requires specifying the kinematic disturbance of their oscillations represented through equivalent vertical and horizontal geometric irregularities of the left and right rails. The formation of such four-dimensional disturbance involves the generation of multivariate random processes based on auto- and cross-correlation functions or spectral and cross-spectral densities of actual recordings of rail track irregularities. …”
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The Cortical Spatial Responses and Decoding of Emotion Imagery Toward a Novel fNIRS-Based Affective BCI by Xiaopeng Si, Yumeng Han, Sicheng Li, Shuai Zhang, Dong Ming

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A clinical case of treatment of deformity of the fourth ray of the hand in a teenager with brachymetacarpy by A. V. Shmel'kov, N. E. Likholatov, O. D. Bagdulina, D. D. Sedenkova

“…Objective: To demonstrate, using a clinical case, the possibilities of brachymetacarpia correction with a mini external fixation device (mini-EFD), evaluate the advantages of this method and its results. Materials and methods. A clinical case of an 11-year-old female patient with a 16 mm shortening of the 4th ray of the right hand, pain syndrome, and functional impairments is presented. …”
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Basic investigation of velvet hand illusion using a dot matrix for haptic display development by Hiraku KOMURA, Tomoya MOCHIZUKI, Kyohei YAMASHITA, Masahiro OHKA

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EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MINIMALLY INVASIVE MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION WITH AORTIC NO-TOUCH TECHNIQUE by A. A. Zenkov

“…MIMR strategy was directed to avoid artificial cardiopulmonary bypass with cardioplegia and manipulations on the ascending aorta, usage of the left minithoracotomy access and tendency to perform complete or functionally reasonable arterial myocardium revascularization. 84 patients underwent complete MIMR, 67 patients - functionally reasonable incomplete MIMR. …”
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ANALYSIS OF LONG-TERM RESULTS OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH SEVERE CHRONIC HEART FAILURE by O. T. Kotsoeva, O. L. Boсkeriya

“…Objective: study was analysis of long-term results of medical and surgical treatment of patients with severe chronic heart failure (CHF).Materials and methods. We studied 90 patients with CHF III–IV functional class (FC) of NYHA, treated in A.N. …”
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EXAMINATION OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF THE ATRIUMS IN PATIENTS WITH LONG-TERM PERSISTENT FORM OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND VALVULAR HEART DISEASE by A. A. Kulikov, L. A. Bokeriya

“…Chronic heart failure functional class per NYHA was III. Size of the left atrium was 5 cm, mean left ventricular ejection fraction was 61 %. …”
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Therapy of chronic heart failure in patients with hypersensitivity pneumonitis and coronary heart disease by A. V. Medvedev, G. E. Alichubanova, N. G. Dem'yanenko, S. A. Kasimtseva, M. N. Kovalevskaya, R. V. Tarasov

“…General clinical, instrumental and functional study methods were performed in each group. …”
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