ICVTS on-line discussion AB1 Author's reply to comments of Aboul-Azm and of Iqbal

ICVTS on-line discussion A.

boembolic events, seven were TIAs without major sequelae, two patients had permanent deficit and one patient died. Eighty-eight patients remained on long-term anticoagula-tion because of AF. There were six reported haemorrhagic complications, for an actuarial rate of 95.6"1.97% patients free of anticoagulation related haemorrhage at 15 years for the total series and 91% for the 88 patients rece...

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Authors reply to Dr. Kawada's comments.

We thank Dr. Kawada for his insightful comments [1] on our study [2], which highlights the importance of the C-reactive protein (CRP) concentration as a significant risk marker for metabolic syndrome (MetS). Dr. Kawada argued that stratified analyses by gender for the association between CRP concentrations and MetS should be performed in our study, given that there were gender differences in th...

Authors' Reply to Comments from Dr. Guan

To the Editor. We thank Dr. Guan for his interest in our recent article [1]. He has raised some comments regarding possible potential of MT and zinc as therapeutic tools for inflammatory diseases. As he mentions, simply inducing and/or enhancing metallothionein (MT) is harmful, particularly in physiological condition. We want to emphasize that for severe (lethal) inflammatory conditions such as...

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