OBJECTIVES To investigate the value of rotational coronary angiography (RoCA) in the context of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) planning. BACKGROUND As a diagnostic tool, RoCA is associated with decreased patient irradiation and contrast use compared with conventional coronary angiography (CA) and provides superior appreciation of three-dimensional anatomy. However, its value in PCI ...

BACKGROUND Multiple MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been identified in the development and progression of osteosarcoma. However, the expression and roles of miR-212 in osteosarcoma remain largely undefined. METHODS Real-time PCR assays were used to detect the expression of miR-212 in human osteosarcoma tissues. MiR-212 mimics were introduced into MG63 and U2OS cells. Bioinformatic prediction was used...

The problem of large-scale correlations of particles produced in high-energy collisions is discussed. Among them are, e.g., those correlations which lead to ring-like and elliptic flow shapes of individual high-multiplicity events in the polar+azimuthal angles plane. The wavelet method of analysis which allows to disentangle various patterns is proposed and applied to central Pb-Pb collisions a...

MicroRNA-212 (miR-212) has been reported to play oncogenic or tumor suppressive role in different human malignancies. Here, we demonstrated that the mean level of miR-212 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissues was significantly lower than that in matched tumor-adjacent tissues. Similarly, the expression of miR-212 was obviously reduced in HCC cell lines as compared with a nontransformed hepa...

MircroRNA-212 (miR-212) is proposed as a novel tumor-related miRNA and has been found to be significantly deregulated in human cancers. In this study, the miR-212 expression was found to be obviously downregulated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissues as compared with adjacent nontumor tissues. Clinical association analysis indicated that low expression of miR-212 was prominently correlated...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of Physiochemical versus traditional approach in diagnosing acid-base disorders (ABD). METHODS: This cross-sectional observational study was conducted on 212 patients, admitted during January to June 2020, intensive care unit Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar, Pakistan. Samples were obtained from these patients for pH, PCO2, HCO3, lactate, Na, K and Cl ...

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T-wave alternans, an important arrhythmogenic factor, has recently been described in human fetuses. Here we sought to determine whether alternans can be induced in the embryonic mouse hearts, despite its underdeveloped sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and, if so, to analyze the response to pharmacological and autonomic interventions. Immunohistochemistry confirmed minimal sarcoplasmic-endoplasmic re...

The purposes of this study were to determine intakes of nutrients related to bone health, such as calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), sodium (Na), potassium (K), and protein, in Japanese female college students, using the duplicate portion sampling method, and to identify possible lifestyle factors explaining their calcium intakes. Subjects were 106 Japanese female college students aged 19-23 years. ...