The differential diagnostic value of left ventricular segmental myocardial strain in cardiac amyloidosis and non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by Yang LIU, Fangmin MENG, Nianwei ZHOU, Lina LUAN, Cuizhen PAN, Xianhong SHU

“…ObjectiveTo explore the difference of the left ventricular global longitudinal strain (GLS) and the segment strains between cardiac amyloidosis (CA) and non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). …”
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Predictors of Non-Invasive Ventilation Failure in Respiratory Intensive Care by Safa M. Wafy, Hassan A. Bayomy, Sahar A. Mohamed, Mostafa K. Ahmed

“…Patients and methods In a consequent patients referred to RICU, Assiut University for respiratory support and management, we recruited patients who had non-invasive ventilation and followed them till success weaning from NIV or fail and needed IMV, all these patients were followed till discharge from the RICU in the period between May 2018 and May 2019; clinical data and laboratory investigations of all patients including sequence arterial blood gas, complete blood count, liver functions tests, kidney function tests, together with non-invasive ventilation setting data were collected and analyzed for identifications of the predictors of worse outcome. …”
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Eosinophilic cationic protein as a non-invasive marker of the nature of inflammatory response in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by M. A. Karnaushkina, S. V. Fedosenko, R. S. Danilov, I. S. Komarova, V. A. Petrov

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Non-operative treatment for bowel obstruction in a 37-year-old woman with common mesentery: a case report by Manuela Mastronardi, Biagio Casagranda, Nicolò de Manzini, Silvia Palmisano

“…This case demonstrates that non-operative management may be an effective option in stable adult patients with bowel obstruction due to common mesentery. …”
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Myocarditis Presenting as Myocardial Infarction with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries (MINOCA) in a Young Man: A Case Report by Giovanni Reynaldo, Rachmat Hamonangan, Princella Monica

“… Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) is a unique disorder that manifests as an acute myocardial infarction clinically without overt coronary arteries obstruction on angiography. …”
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Obstructive sleep apnea in patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease (non-idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis): what should be offered? by Catarina Gouveia Cardoso, Carolina Valente, Mariana Serino, Inês Rodrigues, André Carvalho, David Barros Coelho, Hélder Novais Bastos, Patrícia Caetano Mota, António Morais, Marta Drummond

“…Methods: This was a prospective study in which non-IPF fibrotic ILD patients underwent a home sleep apnea test. …”
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Dynamics of LV myocardial perfusion according to volumetric CT of the heart with a pharmacological test with ATP in comparison with clinical manifestations of stable coronary heart disease, risk factors and the nature of drug therapy in patients with non-obstructive coronary heart disease by O. F. Egorkina, G. N. Soboleva, S. A. Gaman, S. K. Ternovoy

“…Aim: to evaluate the parameters of left ventricle (LV) myocardial perfusion using volumetric computed tomography (VCT) of the heart with an adenosine triphosphate (ATP) test in patients with coronary artery disease with non-obstructive lesions of the coronary arteries (INOCA) over time against the background of optimal drug therapy (ODT). …”
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Study of the effect of COPD on the quality of life of patients according to the results of the Cat - test in outpatient practice by T. M. Levina, M. D. Romanov

“…The article analyzes the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on the quality of life of patients according to the results of clinical and instrumental examination and ante - testing using the integral CAT-test.Objective. …”
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Association of triglyceride-glucose index with all-cause and non-cardiovascular mortality in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: an age-stratified analysis by Xiao Hu, Jing Xu, Yang Gu

“…Abstract Background The predictive value of the triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) remains unclear. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the associations between the TyG index and all-cause and non-cardiovascular (non-CV) mortality in an OSA cohort, focusing on age differences. …”
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Cardiometabolic risk factors in predicting obstructive coronary artery disease in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome by B. I. Geltser, M. M. Tsivanyuk, K. I. Shakhgeldyan, E. D. Emtseva, A. A. Vishnevskiy

“…To develop predictive models of obstructive coronary artery disease (OPCA) in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) based on the predictive potential of cardiometabolic risk (CMR) factors.Material and methods. …”
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Characteristics and Quality of Life of Patients with COPD with Different Degrees of Exercise-Induced Desaturation on Six-minute Walk Test by Gao B, Wang S, Zhao L, Liao H, Qumu S, Wang P, Yang T, Jiang S

“…Patients were categorized into three groups based on oxygen desaturation (SpO2) during the six-minute walk test (6MWT): non-EID (n = 52), mild-EID (n = 42), and severe-EID (n = 22). …”
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Non-linear association between life's essential 8 score and depression in middle-aged and older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. by Yushan Shi, Di Huang, Linlin Qu, Qingyin Liu, Zhanjun Qiu, Xianhai Chen

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>There is a non-linear relationship between LE8 score and depression, with an inflection point of roughly 50.0. …”
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Non-Sonographic Hydrostatic Reduction of Intussusception in Children in Underdeveloped Pakistan by Majid Arshad, Anum Fatima, Rahmat Ali Khan, Khawar Saeed, Bakht Sarwar

“…This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of non-sonographic-guided hydrostatic reduction for the treatment of pediatric intussusception in a resource-limited setting in Pakistan. …”
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THE RISK FACTORS AND SPECIFIC FEATURES OF OSTEOPENIC SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC NON-INFECTIOUS DISEASES by N. G. Platitsyna, T. V. Bolotnova

“…Objective: to analyze the risk factors (RFs) of osteoporosis (OP), the risk of OP-related fractures, the specific features of osteopenic syndrome in patients with chronic non-infectious diseases (CNID) (coronary heart disease (CHD), hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and asthma). …”
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Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction and non-specific airway hyperreactivity in patients suffering from bronchial asthma by Novković Dobrivoje, Škuletić Vesna, Vulin Aleksandra, Cvetković Gordana

“…Airway hyperreactivity is a predisposing cause of exercise induced bronchial obstruction, diagnosed by histamine inhalation. The aim of this study was to determine the relation between the amounts of histamine needed to induce non-specific airway hyperreactivity and exercise-induced bronchial obstruction. …”
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Metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 overexpression in testis contributes to idiopathic non-obstructive azoospermia via repressing ETS variant transcription facto... by Lei Wei, Zonggang Feng, Qian Dou, Pengfen Li, Xinghua Zhao, Bin Hao

“…This study investigates the mechanism by which MALAT1 dysregulation contributes to the pathogenesis of idiopathic non-obstructive azoospermia (iNOA). We analyzed MALAT1 levels in two gene expression profiling datasets comprising patients with obstructive azoospermia (OA) who have normal spermatogenesis and 13 patients with iNOA. …”
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Unrecognized severe obstructive sleep apnea as a dominant risk factor for non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in an apparently healthy patient by Katanić-Pasovski Katarina, Popević Martin, Pasovski Viktor, Petrović-Pajić Sanja, Iklozan Kristina, Rančić Nemanja, Resan Mirko, Raičević Ranko

“…Introduction. Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) is typically manifested by sudden, pain-less vision loss in one eye, often immediately upon waking up. …”
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Consensus of European Experts on the Management of Patients with Ischemia with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries with Chronic Coronary Syndrome: Possibilities for Use in Outpatient... by V. N. Larina, I. A. Korchagin

“…In 2020, a consensus document of the European Society of Cardiology on the management of patients with myocardial ischemia with non-obstructive coronary arteries was released. …”
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Prediction of Abnormal Functional Performance in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Respiratory Models: A Pilot Study by Ribeiro CO, Lopes AJ, de Melo PL

“…Modeling parameters (peripheral resistance, total resistance and hysteresivity) achieved high prediction accuracy (AUC&gt; 0.90) in predicting non-normal functional capacity in COPD assessed by the Glittre-ADL test. …”
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scRNA-seq and scATAC-seq reveal that Sertoli cell mediates spermatogenesis disorders through stage-specific communications in non-obstructive azoospermia by Shimin Wang, Hongxian Wang, Bicheng Jin, Hongli Yan, Qingliang Zheng, Dong Zhao

“…Non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) belongs to male infertility due to spermatogenesis failure. …”
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