The rate of myocardial infarcti ...
Purpose To examine the association between age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and the risk of myocardial infarctions (MIs) in a large health mai ...
A novel mutation (Cys83Tyr) in ...
autosomal recessive retinal disorder characterized by an increased number of S-cones over L/M cones and rods. Mutations in the NR2E3 gene, encoding ...
Development of a novel ex vivo ...
Purpose To construct a suitable ex vivo model for the research of molecular mechanisms and the pharmacological screening of fungal adherence on the ...
Assessment of fatigue in intrao ...
Aim To determine the effect of fatigue on intraocular surgical performance using a virtual reality simulator. Methods Seven experienced ophthalmic s ...
Effect of contact lenses on the ...
Background The aim of this study was to analyze and compare the effects of rigid gas permeable and soft contact lenses on the protein composition in ...
Characterization of Bangerter f ...
Purpose To evaluate the outcome achieved by using Bangerter filters in cases of mild and moderate anisometropic amblyopia, and to define the predict ...
Multifocal iris melanoma treate ...
Background A 73-year-old patient presented in our clinic with multiple pigmented iris nodules in the left eye. Though asymptomatic, there was a repo ...
Titanium back plate for a PMMA ...
Background/Purpose To compare the rate of retroprosthetic membrane (RPM) formation in Boston Keratoprosthesis (BKPro) with polymethyl methacrylate ( ...
Subconjunctival sirolimus in th ...
Background Diabetic macular edema (DME) is a leading cause of blindness in the developed world. Sirolimus has been shown to inhibit the production, ...
Insights into pathology of cuti ...
Background To analyze the integrated confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (cSLO) fundus and angiographic imaging and corresponding spectral domain ...
critical review of laparoscopic ...
The purpose of our review is to evaluate the perioperative characteristics of laparoscopic total hysterectomy (LTH) and laparoscopic supracervical h ...
Coronary sinus ostium: the key ...
There are no research studies that comprehensively analyze, with computed tomography, the coronary sinus (CS) ostium with respect to its importance ...
Relation of N-terminal pro-B-ty ...
Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of death in hemodialysis (HD) patients. We investigated the relation of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic ...
Inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 ...
This study investigates the interactions between cyclooxygenase (COX-2) and vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) phenotypic switching, the two importa ...
Advanced glycation end products ...
Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are associated with cardiovascular diseases. Whether the AGE levels change during myocardial reperfusion inju ...
Endothelin-1 prolongs intracell ...
Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is involved in the development of cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. We investigated the effects of ET-1 on intracellular ca ...
Obstructive sleep apnea as a po ...
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is not only a cause of hypertension; it also possibly affects the pathogenesis and progression of aortic disease becau ...
Atrioventricular and interventr ...
In this review, the physiological rationale for atrioventricular and interventricular delay optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy is dis ...
Role of ACE2 in diastolic and s ...
A novel angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) homolog, named ACE2, is a monocarboxypeptidase which metabolizes several peptides. ACE2 degrades Angiote ...
Evaluation of rotational instab ...
Purpose To measure the acceleration in multiple directions of the rotational instability in ACL deficient models using porcine knees. Methods Ten p ...
Single-bundle patellar tendon v ...
Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare subjective, objective and radiographic outcome of the lateralized single-bundle bone-patellar tendo ...
A biomechanical comparison of t ...
effect of bioabsorbable interference screw (BIS) tibial fixation with the Delta screw (antegrade) and RetroScrew (retrograde) on initial (time zero) ...
The effect of total synovectomy ...
cases of noninflammatory knee osteoarthritis suggests that total synovectomy may provide beneficial inflammatory and pain relief after total knee ar ...
Interactions between severity a ...
Purpose This study reports the specific interactions between the different grades and locations of chondral lesions found in symptomatic knees requi ...
Primary total knee arthroplasty ...
Purpose A rotating-hinge total knee prosthesis may be utilized for the treatment of global instability or severe bone loss around the knee. The outc ...