Associations between new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation and changes in left ventricular mass index in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement by Hua-Jie Zheng, Jun Li, Ling-Feng Tang, Mei Guo, Ya-Nan Wei, Wei Cheng

“…Objectives To investigate the impact of POAF on cardiac remodeling and its association with clinical outcomes after TAVR. Methods 601 patients undergoing TAVR for severe aortic stenosis were evaluated. …”
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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Outcomes in Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients with Aortic Insufficiency by Aniket S Rali, Siva S Taduru, Lena E Tran, Sagar Ranka, Kelly H Schlendorf, Colin M Barker, Ashish S Shah, JoAnn Lindenfeld, Sandip K Zalawadiya

“…Limited data are available on outcomes with either SAVR or TAVR for the management of post-LVAD AI. Methods: The National Inpatient Sample data collected for hospital admissions between the years 2015 and 2018 for patients with pre-existing continuous-flow LVAD undergoing TAVR or SAVR for AI were queried. …”
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Physical activity level among male and female middle to high school students and impact of perceived school climate: a longitudinal analysis by Biplav Babu Tiwari, Jacob Matta, Michael R. Thomsen, Linlin Da, Kiran Thapa, Ye Shen, Justin B. Ingels, Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa

“…The study aimed to assess physical activity levels among male and female middle to high school students and the impact of perceived school climate.MethodsThis longitudinal study utilized the Georgia Student Health Survey (GSHS) from 2016 to 2020, with change in the proportion of physically active students as an outcome and school climate measures as predictors. …”
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Educational Attainment and the Effect of Intensive Blood Pressure Reduction: A Post Hoc Analysis of the SPRINT Study by Joshua Garfein, Akira Sekikawa, Andrew Mrkva, Djhenne Dalmacy, Jarett D. Berry, Yordanos M. Tiruneh, Jared W. Magnani

“…The link between education and cardiovascular health is well documented, but it remains unclear whether the effect of intensive SBP reduction differs by education. Methods We included 9361 SPRINT participants, stratified by education (less than college, some college through college graduate, and greater than college degree). …”
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Association between different proportions of crescents and adverse renal outcomes in immunoglobulin a nephropathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Zhiyun Zang, Kewei Fang, Niya Ma, Yunyun Zhang, Ying Shu, Zi Li

“…Compared to the C0 or C1 group, the C2 group was more likely to have composite kidney endpoint and ESRD. …”
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Evaluation of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy and minimal intervention associated with deproteinisation in permanent teeth with molar incisor hypomineralisation: study protocol... by Ana Paula Taboada Sobral, Marcela Leticia Leal Gonçalves, Lara Jansiski Motta, Anna Carolina Ratto Tempestini Horliana, Kristianne Porta Santos Fernandes, Sandra Kalil Bussadori, Raquel Agnelli Mesquita Ferrari, Amanda Rafaelly Honório Mandetta, Carolina Carvalho Bortoletto, Renato Araujo Prates, Alessandro Melo Deana, Rita de Cássia Loiola Cordeiro, Lourdes Aparecida Martins dos Santos Pinto

“…Introduction Molar incisor hypomineralisation (MIH) is a qualitative defect of enamel development that occurs in the mineralisation phase. MIH affects one or more permanent molars and, occasionally, permanent incisors. …”
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Full-Blood Inflammatory Ratios Predict Length of Stay but Not Early Death in Romanian Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Ionut-Valentin Stanciu, Ariadna-Petronela Fildan, Barkha Rani Thakur, Adrian Cosmin Ilie, Livia Stanga, Cristian Oancea, Emanuela Tudorache, Felix Bratosin, Ovidiu Rosca, Iulia Bogdan, Anca Chisoi, Ionela Preotesoiu, Viorica Zamfir, Elena Dantes

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: Data were drawn from 80 consecutive TB in-patients and 50 community controls. …”
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Mapping dominant plant communities in the degraded Zoige swamp using Sentinel-1/2 imagery and its implications for vegetation restoration by Guoying Zhang, Chuanpeng Zhao, Mingming Jia, Rong Zhang, Hou Jiang, Zongming Wang

“…This study generated three dominant plant communities in the degraded Zoige swamp, providing new reference methods and data-based support to reveal the current degradation status and its restoration potential.…”
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Proteomics-based aging clocks in midlife or late-life and their associated risk of dementia by Sanaz Sedaghat, Saeun Park, Rob F. Walker, Shuo Wang, Jialing Liu, Timothy M. Hughes, Behnam Sabayan, Weihong Tang, Josef Coresh, James S. Pankow, Keenan A. Walker, Ramon Casanova, Ruth Dubin, Rajat Deo, Jerome I. Rotter, Alexis C. Wood, Peter Ganz, Pamela L. Lutsey, Weihua Guan, Anna Prizment

“…Abstract Background: Biological age can be quantified by composite proteomic scores, called proteomics-based aging clocks (PACs). …”
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Impact of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Severe Mitral Regurgitation Undergoing Transcatheter Edge‐to‐Edge Repair by Carlo Mannina, Akarsh Sharma, Yash Prakash, Andreina Carbone, Eduardo Bossone, Antonino Tuttolomondo, Edgar Argulian, Sahil Khera, Parasuram Melarcode‐Krishnamoorthy, George Dangas, Jonathan Halperin, Gilbert H. L. Tang, Samin Sharma, Annapoorna Kini, Gregg W. Stone, Stamatios Lerakis

“…We investigated the impact of baseline AF in patients with MR undergoing transcatheter edge‐to‐edge repair. Methods One‐hundred‐fifty‐six consecutive patients with symptomatic heart failure (HF) undergoing mitral valve transcatheter edge‐to‐edge repair for severe MR were studied. …”
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Exploring the Relationship Between Play During School Recess and Motor Performance in 6- to 8-Year-Old Children by Dagmar F. A. A. Derikx, Marina M. Schoemaker, Leila Faber, Suzanne Houwen, Esther Hartman

“…Objective: The aim of the current study was to examine whether children’s play activities and with whom 6- to 8-year-old children play during recess are related to their motor performance. Methods: The study sample consisted of 86 Dutch participants (mean age 6.92 ± 0.62 years, 58.1% boys). …”
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Specific Position of the Pulmonary Hilar Node in Cancer Immunity: Immunohistochemical and Morphometrical Study Using Lung Regional Nodes Obtained from Non-Small Cell Cancer Patient... by Masaya Aoki, Go Kamimura, Aya Harada-Takeda, Toshiyuki Nagata, Gen Murakami, Kazuhiro Ueda

“…Background: Nodal dendritic cells (DCs) and CD169-positive macrophages, possibly monocyte-derived, cross-present cancer antigens earlier in the proximal node than in the distal node. Methods: We performed immunohistochemical and morphometric analyses to show differences in the distributions of DC-SIGN-, CD68-, and CD169-positive cells in the paratracheal, subcarinal, and hilar nodes from 25 non-small cell lung cancer patients without metastasis. …”
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High-dependency unit care after carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic stenosis by Beatriz Guimarães, Andreia Coelho, Marina Dias-Neto, Ricardo Castro-Ferreira, João Peixoto, Luís Fernandes, Roberto Boal, Marta Machado, Francisco Basílio, Patrícia Carvalho, Armando Mansilha, Alexandra Canedo

“…The aim of this study was to externally validate previously described predictive variables of postoperative need for prolonged HDU stay. METHODS: To identify patients needing HDU stay, a composite outcome (CO) was created, including cardiac events, neurologic deterioration, postoperative aminergic/ventilatory support, and prolonged use of intravenous (IV) BP control therapy. …”
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Using of ASTER, ETM+ and Gamma Spectrometry Airborne Data to Find the Relationship Between the Distribution of Alkali Metasomatism and REE Mineralization in the Bafq Area, Central... by K. Khoshnoodi, M. Yazdi, M. Behzadi, M. Gannadi-Maragheh

“…The Advanced Space borne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) and Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) image-processing techniques, were used in satellite imagery through conventional and also modern processing methods including band ratios, color composite ratio images and spectral angle mapper to study the spectral discrimination of metasomatically altered rocks based on their mineral assemblages and to investigate critically the link between the distribution of Na-metasomatism and occurrence of REE mineralization through plotting the image processing results on preexisting airborne radiometric data. …”
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Increased inflammation burden index increasing the risk of poor prognosis in patients with chronic kidney disease in NHANES study by Xinhao Chen, Dongming Ye, Weijie Zhou, Ziyi Huang, Wanwen Zou, Rongjun Zeng, Wenyong Chen

“…Inflammatory burden index (IBI) is a composite maker by incorporating a variety of inflammatory markers to facilitate more in-depth assessment for systemic inflammation. …”
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Association between visceral adiposity index and endometriosis: a population-based study by Jiajia Zhang, Qian Zhang, Tianyu Chu, Xian Chen, Hui Zhou, Dewu Xu, Chunlin Dong, Yibo Wu

“…The objective of our research was to investigate the association between VAI and endometriosis.MethodsThis is a cross-sectional study. The investigation utilized information from the NHANES (1999–2006), focusing on participants aged ≥20 years. …”
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Highly Efficient Catalytic Oxidation of Glucose to Formic Acid over Mn-Mo Doped Carbon Nanotube by Hongrui Guo, Fan Yang, Siwei Chen, Hejuan Wu, Jirui Yang, Feng Shen

“…It was confirmed that the doping of Mo led to the formation of MnMoO_X and increased the contents of low-valence Mn species (Mn²⁺ + Mn³⁺), lattice oxygen (O_latt), and surface adsorbed oxygen (O_ads) based on various characterization methods, such as XRD, XPS, TEM and ICP, which were beneficial to improve the catalytic performance. …”
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Prevalence and correlates of smoking and nicotine dependence: results of a nationwide cross-sectional survey among Singapore residents by Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar, Edimansyah Abdin, Saleha Shafie, Yunjue Zhang, Siow Ann Chong, Mythily Subramaniam, Sherilyn Chang, Shazana Shahwan, Rajeswari Sambasivam, Yik Ying Teo, Derrick Heng

“…The aim of this study was to compare smoking trends from the 2010 study with the second Singapore Mental Health Study in 2016 (SMHS 2016).Methods A survey of 6126 individuals aged 18 years and above randomly selected among Singapore residents was conducted using the same methodology as the 2010 study. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of the Effects of Sacubitril/Valsartan According to Sex Among Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction in PARADIGM‐HF by Misato Chimura, Jawad H. Butt, Shingo Matsumoto, Eoghan G. M. McMurray, Alasdair D. Henderson, Atefeh Talebi, Akshay S. Desai, Martin P. Lefkowitz, Adel R. Rizkala, Jean L. Rouleau, Scott D. Solomon, Karl Swedberg, Michael R. Zile, Milton Packer, Pardeep S. Jhund, John J. V. McMurray

“…The primary end point was a composite of cardiovascular death or HF hospitalization. …”
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Increased risk of falls and fractures in patients with psychosis and Parkinson disease. by Joan Forns, J Bradley Layton, Jennifer Bartsch, Mary Ellen Turner, Colleen Dempsey, Mary Anthony, Mary E Ritchey, George Demos

“…<h4>Objective</h4>Evaluate whether the risk of falls and fractures differs between patients with Parkinson disease with psychosis (PDP) and patients with Parkinson disease (PD) without psychosis at similar disease stages.<h4>Methods</h4>Patients with PD without psychosis were identified in the Medicare claims databases (2008-2018) and followed from the first PD diagnosis date during the study period. …”
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