The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relation between gender and plaque characteristics assessed by virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) in patients with stable angina pectoris. Preinterventional VH-IVUS image was available for analysis in 88 men and 60 women patients. Women had significantly smaller vessel volume (12.7 ± 3.9 versus 14.5 ± 4.2 mm(3)/mm, P = .01) and sma...

OBJECTIVE To compare across four race-ethnic groups the baseline prevalence and extent of coronary calcium and the 7-year rate of progression in the extent of coronary calcium. DESIGN The South Bay Heart Watch is a prospective cohort study designed to appraise the value of coronary calcium for predicting cardiovascular outcomes in asymptomatic adults with cardiac risk factors. Statistical ana...

Hypercalciuria is the major risk factor promoting stone formation in Dent's disease, also known as X-linked recessive nephrolithiasis, but the effects of diuretics on calcium excretion and other stone risk factors in this disease are unknown. This study examined urine composition in eight male patients with Dent's disease, ages 6 to 49 yr, all of whom were hypercalciuric and had inactivating mu...

OBJECTIVE A subset of parathyroid adenomas contains a relative overabundance of oxyphil cells that are capable of greater technetium Tc 99m sestamibi tracer uptake and retention than other cell types. We examined whether the presence of oxyphil cells augments the sensitivity of technetium Tc 99m sestamibi preoperative localization and whether the histologic findings of a lesion could be predict...

The present work reports the application to reduction of organic matter and nutrients in oil mill liquid waste (OMW), using natural calcium bentonite from Morocco as adsorbent. margine is characterized by a high concentration low biodegradable highly toxic matter. In order evaluated capacity remove nutrients, characterization mineralogical, chemical also morphological adsorbent were conducted. ...

Five psychrophilic bacterial strains were isolated from soil samples collected above the treeline of alpine environments. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that these organisms represent four novel species of the genus Deinococcus; levels of sequence similarity to the type strains of recognized Deinococcus species were in the range 89.3-94.7 %. Strains PO-04-20-13...

In the challenge of transforming waste into useful products that can be re-used in a circular perspective, Italian wine industry represent suitable model for application bioeconomy principles, including valorisation agricultural and food waste. present study, comprehensive environmental assessment traditional production was performed potentiality biorefinery system, based on winery aimed at rec...