BACKGROUND Peripheral artery disease (PAD), a manifestation of systemic atherosclerosis that produces blockages in the arteries supplying the legs, affects approximately 5% of Americans. We have previously, demonstrated that a myopathy characterized by myofiber oxidative damage and degeneration is central to PAD pathophysiology. OBJECTIVES In this study, we hypothesized that increased oxidati...

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) commonly results from the narrowing of peripheral arteries due to atherosclerosis. It is increasing in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients worldwide; including in Thai type 2 DM patients. This case-control study aims to compare the differences in factors influencing the presence of PAD between type 2 DM patients with and those without PAD and to examine thre...

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a leading technique in medical diagnostic imaging. PET scanners are used to detect cancerous cells through the use of a positron emitting tracer that is ingested by the patient. The positron annihilates with an electron in the body producing a pair of 511keV gamma rays emitted in opposite directions. The gamma rays are sufficiently energetic to leave the pa...

In a recent paper Cabay et al. 1996a], the authors develop a fast, iterative, look-ahead algorithm for numerically computingPad e-Hermite systems and simultaneous Pad e systems along a diagonal of the associatedPad e tables. Included there is a detailed error analysis showing that the algorithm is weakly stable. In this paper, we describe a Fortran implementation, VECTOR PADE, of this algorithm...

Correspondence: Fred Burbank Salt Creek International Women’s Health Foundation, 1235 Puerta del Sol, Suite 700, San Clemente, CA, 92673, USA Tel +1 949 496 0026 Fax +1 949 492 0650 Email [email protected] Purpose: Two parallel-design, randomized, sham-controlled clinical trials were conducted to study the safety and efficacy of vibratory stimulation (VS) on restless legs syndrome (RLS) patients...

BACKGROUND Most older adults with urinary incontinence use absorbent pads. Because of exposure to moisture and chemical irritating substances in urine, the perineal skin region is always at risk for development of incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD). The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy of an improved absorbent pad against IAD. METHODS A cluster randomized controlled design ...

OBJECTIVE Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality and serves as an important marker for advanced systemic atherosclerosis accompanied by symptomatic or asymptomatic ischemia of the coronary, cerebral, and visceral vasculature. There are little published data on the use of health care resources and costs attributable to PAD. The objectives of th...

Experimental measurement results of a 1.75 mm × 1.75 mm footprint area Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (CMUT) planar array fabricated using a bisbenzocyclobutene (BCB)-based adhesive wafer bonding technique has been presented. The array consists of 40 × 40 square diaphragm CMUT cells with a cavity thickness of 900 nm and supported by 10 µm wide dielectric spacers patterned on a t...

BACKGROUND We studied (1) the rates of stroke or systemic embolism and bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation and peripheral artery disease (PAD) and (2) the efficacy and safety of apixaban versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation with and without PAD. METHODS AND RESULTS The Apixaban for Reduction in Stroke and Other Thromboembolic Events in Atrial Fibrillation (ARISTOTLE)...