supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2021YFC2301603);the Major Science and Technology Project of Shanxi Province(Nos.202102130501003 and 202005D121008);the Special Foundation on COVID-19 of the Shanxi Health Commission(No.16).
To the Editor:The Omicron variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)spread worldwide during the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic.Experts agree that the Omicron variant is less pat...
supported by grants from the CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(Nos.CIFMS,2022-I2M-C&T-B-061,2021-I2M-1-066);the Beijing Hope Run Special Fund of Cancer Foundation of China(Nos.LC2021A18,and LC2022B06);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82073327).
To the Editor:The abdominal surgical procedures are linked to a high incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications(PPCs)and may be mitigated by administration of lung-protective mechanical ventilation during anes...
Basic Scientific Research Project of the Educational Department of Liaoning Province(No.JYTMS20230083);National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82001828);National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.U21A20387)
To the Editor:Abdominal aortic aneurysm(AAA)is a life-threatening vascular disease.Surgical intervention is typically recommended when the maximum AAA diameter reaches a threshold of 5.5cm for men and 5.0cm for women,...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81771740,81901646);Interdisciplinary Clinical Research Project of Peking University First Hospital(No.2021CR30);Peking University Medicine Seed Fund for Interdisciplinary Research supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.BMU2022MX003)
Background:Vaccination has been shown effective in controlling the global coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic and reducing severe cases.This study was to assess the flare and change in disease activity after CO...
supported by grants from the West China Hospital“1·3·5”Discipline of Excellence Project-“Mechanisms of aortic stenosis and the clinical applications”,National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82001899);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81901825).
To the Editor:Transcatheter aortic valve replacement(TAVR)has become an established treatment for patients with severe aortic stenosis(AS)at all levels of surgical risk.^([1,2])With the exploration of TAVR and technol...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China to Xiaohan Fan(No.81970284);the project for the Distinguishing Academic Discipline of Fuwai Hospital(No.2022-FWQN16)to Xiaofei Li.
To the Editor:Tricuspid regurgitation(TR)is a known complication of cardiac implantable electrical device(CIED)implantation with a prevalence of up to 10–30%.Due to the detrimental effects of right ventricular pacing...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82071607);LiaoNing Revitalization Talents Program(No.XLYC1907071);Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation(No.151039);Outstanding Scientific Fund of Shengjing Hospital(No.202003)
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection(ICSI)is an effective method for human-assisted reproductive technology,especially for male-factor infertility.However,the average fertilization rate of ICSI is 70%,and total fertilizat...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.8207021027);Shanghai Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine(No.19MC1910300);Shanghai Science and Technology Commission(Nos.19441906600 and 21S31904800)
To the Editor:Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm(rAAA)is a fatal disease.Emergency surgery is the only way to provide an opportunity for survival.In 1994,endovascular aortic repair(EVAR)was reported as an emergency tr...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81570326);Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Nos.BK20141139,BK20190988);Jiangsu Commission of Health Foundation(No.H2018005);Key Research and Development program of Xuzhou(No.KC20097)
To the Editor:Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury(MI/RI)often causes death,dysfunction,or damage to the cardiomyocytes,and thus more effective clinical treatments are required.[1]MicroRNAs(miRNAs)bind to target mRN...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81800150,81670110,and 31500732);Translational Research Grant of NCRCH(No.2020ZKZB02);Key Discipline Construction Project of Chinese PLA Medical College,the Foundation for Young Scientists of Chinese PLA General Hospital(Nos.QNF19043,QNF19041,and QNC19034);the Innovative Foundation of Chinese PLA General Hospital(No.CX19016)
Background:Immunotherapies such as adoptive immune cell infusion and immune-modulating agents are widely used for cancer treatment,and the concomitant symptoms,including cytokine release syndrome(CRS)or immune-related...