BACKGROUND Late reocclusion of an infarct-related artery (IRA) that was patent in the early days after acute myocardial infarction (MI) is a frequent event; the reocclusion rate may be as high as 30%. Few studies have been designed to analyze the impact of late reocclusion of the IRA on late survival. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 528 patients who all had a patent IRA after a successful PTCA...

Objectives. This study sought to compare stenting of the primary infarct-related artery (IRA) with optimal primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) with respect to clinical and angiographic outcomes of patients with an acute myocardial infarction. Background. Early and late restenosis or reocclusion of the IRA after successful primary PTCA significantly contributes to incre...

OBJECTIVE Investigate the correlation between biochemical markers (TNI, CRP and fibrinogen) and anatomical coronary angiographic findings in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS). METHODS One blood sample was obtained to test for markers, and coronary angiography was performed within the first 72 hours after hospitalization. Univariate analysis was used to search ...

The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of cholesterol-enriched casein (CAS) and blue lupin seed (BL) diets on the cholesterol metabolism of intact (INT) and ileorectal anastomosed (IRA) pigs. For 3 weeks, four groups of six pigs were allocated to the treatments (CAS-INT, CAS-IRA, BL-INT, and BL-IRA). Diet-induced hypercholesterolemia was inhibited by the BL through a substan...

In recent years, we have seen notable changes in the way attackers infiltrate computer systems compromising their functionality. Research in intrusion detection systems aims to reduce the impact of these attacks. In this paper, we present a taxonomy of intrusion response systems (IRS) and Intrusion Risk Assessment (IRA), two important components of an intrusion detection solution. We achieve th...

BACKGROUND The polyacrylic resin Amberlite IRA-67 is a promising adsorbent for lactic acid extraction from aqueous solution, but little systematic research has been devoted to the separation efficiency of lactic acid under different operating conditions. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In this paper, we investigated the effects of temperature, resin dose and lactic acid loading concentration o...