Percutaneous Transluminal Angio ...
Purpose This study was designed to present our experience with percutaneous treatment of hepatic artery stenosis in orthotopic liver transplant pati ...
Endovascular Tubular Stent-Graf ...
Purpose To evaluate the safety, efficacy, and mid-term outcomes of endovascular tubular stent-graft placement for repair of isolated iliac artery an ...
Morphological State as a Predic ...
Purpose This study was designed to assess aorto-iliac morphological characteristics in relation to reintervention and all-cause long-term mortality ...
Long-Term Outcome of Transcathe ...
Purpose To clarify the efficacy of transcatheter hepatic sub-subsegmental, subsegmental, and segmental arterial chemoembolization using lipiodol (su ...
Embolisation of the Gastroduode ...
Introduction The gastroduodenal artery (GDA) is usually embolised to avoid nontarget dispersal before yttrium-90 (Y90) radioembolisation to treat li ...
Cardiac Resynchronization Thera ...
Objective This review aims at updating the results of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in mild heart failure patients, and investigating whet ...
How to improve the quality of t ...
The evaluation of liver lesions in patients with chronic hepatopathy is mandatory for assessing prognosis and sometimes for making treatment decision ...
Embryology and bony malformatio ...
Background The embryology of the bony craniovertebral junction (CVJ) is reviewed with the purpose of explaining the genesis and unusual configuratio ...
Can using a peel-away sheath in ...
Purpose Shunt obstruction is the most common shunt complication. In 2003, Kehler et al. used peel-away sheath while implanting the ventricular cathe ...
High-dose chemotherapy followed ...
Introduction Trilateral retinoblastoma (TRb) is an intracranial neurogenic tumor associated with unilateral or bilateral retinoblastoma and has very ...
Age-specific eNOS polymorphisms ...
Objective We conducted a case.control study to investigate whether polymorphisms in eNOS are related to the agespecific onset of moyamoya disease. ...
Plasminogen activator inhibitor ...
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by the presence of autoantibodies against nuclear autoantigens as ...
B7-H4 expression in various tum ...
B7-H4, a new member of the B7 family, may participate in the negative regulation of cell-mediated immunity, while aberrant B7-H4 expression is detec ...
Prognostic significance of clau ...
Adherent and tight junction molecules have been described to contribute to carcinogenesis and tumor progression. Additionally, the group of claudin- ...
The synthetic triterpenoid CDDO ...
Survival following diagnosis of liver metastasis remains poor and improved treatment strategies to combat liver metastases are needed. Synthetic tri ...
Management of anemia in chronic ...
Background Anemia is a factor that affects the outcome of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD); however, there are only a few reports on the m ...
An autopsy-proven case of myelo ...
An 80-year-old woman positive for myeloperoxidase- antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (MPOANCA) was admitted with a 3-month history of fever, gene ...
Resistive index predicts renal ...
Background While the clinical validity of Doppler ultrasonography in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is still controversial, we have shown in a 2-year ...
Anaerobic clavicular osteomyeli ...
Patients on dialysis are immunocompromised and are therefore susceptible to both common and unusual infectious complications. These infections are o ...
Renal paradoxical embolism in a ...
A 22-year-old woman, who often carried heavy books, was admitted for evaluation of hyperreninemic hypertension. Two months prior to admission, she n ...
Portal vein thrombosis associat ...
We report the case of a 52-year-old male who was admitted for sudden abdominal pain and hematochezia. Colonoscopy showed erosion and edema in the mu ...
Middle-preserving pancreatectom ...
A 73-year-old female was referred to our hospital with a diagnosis of advanced transverse colon cancer with severe anemia and body weight loss. Preo ...
The Role of Inflammation in Bre ...
Inflammatory conditions increase the risk of cancer. Strong evidences showed that inflammation contributes to breast cancer and prostate cancer in d ...
Anti-tumor Immunity of Gene Vac ...
DNA vaccines have emerged as an attractive approach for antigenspecific immunotherapy since the early 1990s, with their ability for eliciting cellul ...
Long-term oral appliance therap ...
The objective of this study was to assess variations in the occurrence of temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) and the risk of developing pain and fun ...