Bladder Neck Dysfunction in Spi ...
Spinal cord injury (SCI) impairs the voluntary and autonomic control of storage and emptying functions of the urinary bladder, leading to a marked r ...
Who Benefits from Nodal Field I ...
Randomized clinical trials and meta-analyses have clearly demonstrated that radiation after definitive surgery can improve local-regional control an ...
Importance of Residual Myocardi ...
Recent randomized clinical trials support the strategy of ischemia-guided management for patients with stable ischemic heart disease. The applicatio ...
Evaluation of Right Ventricular ...
Right ventricular (RV) function is a powerful prognostic factor in congestive heart failure and pulmonary hypertension, but assessing RV function is ...
FDG PET Imaging and Cardiovascu ...
The underlying pathologic mechanism of most acute coronary syndromes is atherosclerotic plaque rupture. One cause of rupture is plaque inflammation, ...
Imaging of Oxidation-Specific E ...
Oxidative stress, and in particular oxidation of lipoproteins, is a hallmark of atherosclerosis. Upon entry of lipoproteins into the vessel wall, a ...
Optical Coherence Tomography an ...
The pathophysiology of acute coronary syndromes has long been associated with atherosclerotic plaque rupture. Inflammation, thinning, and disruption ...
The Global Burden of Tobacco Us ...
Tobacco use is a risk factor for cardiovascular, cancer, and respiratory mortality. To determine deaths attributable to tobacco, the smoking impact ...
Adjuvant Therapy After Liver Re ...
Synchronous or metachronous liver metastases of colorectal origin (colorectal liver metastases, CLM), although being the expression of systemic dise ...
The Feasibility and Role of Lap ...
The use of the laparoscopic approach for the treatment of rectal tumors remains controversial. This review summarizes all the published level 1 and ...
One Size Does Not Fit All: Plan ...
The optimal clinical target volume (CTV) in preoperative radiotherapy and chemoradiotherapy for resectable rectal cancer prior to total mesorectal e ...
Cardiovascular Disease in Chron ...
Diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HTN) are leading joint risk factors for both cardiovascular disease (CVD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). ...
Fad Diets in the Treatment of D ...
Use of the term “fad diet” reflects the contentious nature of the debate in the treatment of diabetes and generally targets diets based on carbohydr ...
Primary Prevention of Variceal ...
Variceal hemorrhage is one of the leading causes of death in patients with cirrhosis, with the 6-weekmortality after each episode ranging from 15% t ...
Update on the Role of Endoscopi ...
Chronic pancreatitis (CP) remains an important healthcare problem that adversely affects quality of life. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is a preferred ...
Recent Advances in Functional A ...
Defecatory disorders are a common cause of chronic constipation and should be managed by biofeedback-guided pelvic floor retraining. While anorectal ...
Advances in the Evaluation and ...
Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) is a neurocognitive disorder that affects up to 80% of cirrhotic patients. Similar to overt hepatic encephalopa ...
Outcomes of Percutaneous Endosc ...
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a relatively safe and minimally invasive surgical method for providing enteral access in children. In p ...
Cell Signaling of Angiotensin I ...
Angiotensin II (Ang II) is a pleiotropic hormone that influences the function of many cell types and regulates many organ systems. In the cardiovasc ...
Mineralocorticoid Receptor Bloc ...
Aldosterone antagonists have been highly successful in treating congestive heart failure and resistant hypertension. Until recently, therapies targe ...
Sympathetic Neural Mechanisms i ...
Sympathetic neural function is essential to human blood pressure regulation, and overactivity of sympathetic nerves may have an important role in th ...
Probiotics and Prebiotics for t ...
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in premature infants. Although the pathogenesis of NEC rema ...
When to Start Antiretroviral Th ...
Antiretrovirals perform superbly in combating HIV infection. But when to initiate therapy in asymptomatic, nonpregnant, hepatitis-free, HIV-infected ...
Adult Primary Intradural Spinal ...
Primary spinal cord tumors constitute 2% to 4% of all central nervous system neoplasms and are characterized based on their location as intramedulla ...
Commentary: Implications of Can ...
In an increasing number of settings it is appropriate to consider cancer as a very serious but also a chronic disease process. This commentary discu ...