BACKGROUND Infective endocarditis(IE)is a life-threatening infection with an annual mortality of 40%.Embolic events reported in up to 80%of patients.Vegetations of>10 mm size are associated with increased embolic even...
Marshy areas are ecologically important and sensitive areas which are under immense pressure,such as reclamation by various terrestrial vegetations.However,how these vegetation types disrupt the stability of nematode ...
Introduction:Primary systemic amyloidosis is characterized by clonal plasma cell disorder,and its signs and symptoms are various and complex,damage to the skin and mucous membrane is often more likely to attract atten...
Abandoned land and mansions are always a matter of curiosity to the human beings. They are treated as haunted places in many societies. In the present research, three decrepit abandoned mansions from the southern Bang...
Introduction: To report a case of isolated “endocarditic” aortic regurgitation in a 17-year old female with infective vegetations on aortic valve. Case Report: A 17-year old female was admitted with features of hear...
The present study is about the dynamics of the vegetation landscapes of the Mbere Valley’s National Park and its southern periphery (MVNP). The physical and human characteristics of this area, translated by an inter-...
Accessory tricuspid valve tissue is a rare congenital anomaly. We report a case where preoperative echocardiogram was suggestive of infective vegetations over the tricuspid valve but intra-operatively it was found to ...
Infective endocarditis (IE) is associated with poor prognosis and higher mortality. IE-induced glomerulonephritis, especially crescentic glomerulonephritis (IE-CGN) with renal dysfunction, is an independent risk f...
supported by the National Key Basic Research Development Program of China(973 Program,Grant No.2010CB429006);the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(Grant No.51225901);the Outstanding Youth Fund of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK2012037);the Resea-rch Fund for Innovation Team of Ministry of Education(Grant No.IRT13061);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.2014B03814)
This paper reviews the removal of contaminants including nutrients, metals and organic pollutants by vegetations in aquatic environments. The removal efficiencies are considered with respect to 16, 19 and 14 kinds of ...
Weights of curetted adenoid were measured and were compared with both weights of tonsils and the rate of adenoidectomy among the tonsillectomized cases. This study included 603 patients whose adenoids were curetted du...