Despite extensive efforts to optimize laser therapy,i.e.,the current gold standard treatment,a majority of port wine stain(PWS)patients responds suboptimally to laser therapy.This paper describes the niceties of a nov...
Background:Patients with serious musculoskeletal infections may encounter health disparities across multiple phases of prevention and treatment,including surgical intervention.The purpose of this study was to identify...
This work was supported by 5T32HL120823(KVT),1U01HL105268,R01HL126911(DDM),R01HL137734(DDM),R01HL137794(DDM),R01HL13660(DDM);R01HL141434(DDM)from the National Heart,Lung and Blood Institute;Grant1522052 from the National Science Foundation(DDM);16SFRN31740000 from the American Heart Association(JEF);RFA-HL-12-008(JEF),RO1 HL087201A(JEF,KT),RFAHL-12-008(JEF);U01HL105268(CIK from the National Heart,Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
Background:Given high on-treatment mortality in heart failure(HF),identifying molecular pathways that underlie adverse cardiac remodeling may offer novel biomarkers and therapeutic avenues.Circulating extracellular RN...
Background:Urethral stricture disease(USD)is effectively managed by buccal mucosa(BM)urethroplasty.Lack of adequate healthy BM has led to the use of autologous tissue-engineered BM grafts.Such grafts are costly,not ea...
Editor-in-chief:Michal Heger Affiliation:Department of Experimental Surgery,Academic Medical Center,University of Amsterdam,Amsterdam,the Netherlands E-mail:m.heger@jctres.com Dermatology Experimental medicine Hepatol...
Patients suffering from rare,extreme or extremely complex sets of symptoms have something to expect from efforts to improve care through research.Biomedical research and care have often been approached as distinct wor...
Although strict adherence to antiretroviral therapy(ART)lowers morbidity and mortality for people living with HIV and AIDS,there are a number of behavioral,cultural,and psychosocial factors that prevent people from ad...
Background and aim:Medical specialists aim to provide evidence-based care based on the most recent scientific insights,but with the ongoing expansion of medical literature it seems unfeasible to remain updated.”Black...
Systems based on artificial intelligence and machine learning that facilitate decision making in health care are promising new tools in the era of‘personalized’or‘precision’medicine.As the volume of patient data a...
1.The evolution of medical technology Physicians used to make informed decisions with a very limited set of tools but a growing amount of experience and knowledge that spans generations.With the birth of modern medici...