OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the association between aortic root remodeling and incident heart failure (HF). BACKGROUND Age-associated increases in aortic root diameter (AoD) might be associated with arterial stiffening, afterload changes, cardiac remodeling, and the development of HF. METHODS The study sample consisted of participants of the Framingham Heart Study Or...

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) provides daily global coverage, but the 10 km resolution of its aerosol optical depth (AOD) product is not suitable for studying spatial variability of aerosols in urban areas. Recently, a new Multi-Angle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction (MAIAC) algorithm was developed for MODIS which provides AOD at 1 km resolution. Using MAIAC ...

Acute aortic dissection (AoD) affects approximately 2000 people per year in the United States.1 The International Registry of Aortic Dissection (IRAD),2 the largest multinational registry of patients with AoD, reports that only 7% of patients with AoD are younger than 40 years of age, a factor that might not prompt a raised index of suspicion among clinicians caring for younger individuals pres...

BACKGROUND There is a widely held expectation that GPs will routinely use opportunities to provide opportunistic screening and brief intervention for alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuse, a major cause of preventable death and morbidity. AIM To explore how opportunities arise for AOD discussion in GP consultations and how that advice is delivered. DESIGN Analysis of video-recorded primary car...

BACKGROUND There are several known factors that cause ischemic heart disease. However, the part played by air pollution still remains something of a mystery. Recent attention has focused on the chronic effect of particulate matter on heart disease. Satellite-derived aerosol optical depth (AOD) was found to be correlated with PM2.5 in the eastern US. The objective of this study was to examine if...

The diagnosis of traumatic atlantooccipital dislocation (AOD) from the cross-table lateral radiograph is difficult because of problems in demonstrating the complex anatomy of this area and the intricate radiographic methods used to diagnose AOD. Although CT or polytomography seem to be the most accurate diagnostic methods, it is often the lateral radiograph from which the diagnosis and further ...

A model of neonatal autoimmune disease has been described recently in which an epitope-specific autoantibody to murine zona pellucida 3 induces severe ovarian disease in neonatal, but not adult, mice (neonatal AOD). The autoantibody forms immune complex with endogenous ovarian zona pellucida 3, and a pathogenic CD4(+) T cell response is triggered. The basis for the predominant neonatal suscepti...