BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate total water intake (TWI) from water, beverages and foods among Italian adults and the elderly. METHODS Data of 2607 adults and the elderly, aged 18-75 years from the last national food consumption survey, INRAN-SCAI 2005-06, were used to evaluate the TWI. The INRAN-SCAI 2005-06 survey was conducted on a representative sample of 3323 individu...

Dissociation constants at 15 degrees C were measured by equilibrium dialysis for the binding of rCrUrCrU, dCrUrCrU, rCdUrCrU, rCrUdCrU, and rCrUrCdU to the L-21 ScaI form of the self-splicing group I LSU intron from Tetrahymena thermophila. Substitution of deoxyribose for ribose in each of the middle two positions makes the free energy change for binding 1-2 kcal/mol less favorable, compared to...

Hematopoietic cells are often exposed to transient hypoxia and reoxygenation as they develop and migrate. Given that bone marrow (BM) failure occurred in patients with Fanconi anemia (FA), we reason that hypoxia-then-reoxygenation represents a physiologically relevant stress for FA hematopoietic progenitor/stem cells. Here we show that expansion of Fancc-/- BM cells enriched for progenitor and ...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Foundation. Main source(s): We acknowledge the support from Netherlands Cardiovascular Research lnitiative: An initiative with Dutch Heart Foundation and Hartekind. Background Patients repaired tetralogy Fallot (rTOF) have a time-dependent increase in risk ventricular tachycardia (VT) after age 30 years (Y), slow conducting anatomical i...

Stent failure remains the major drawback to use of coronary stents as a revascularization strategy. Recent advances in imaging have substantially improved our understanding mechanisms underlying these occurrences, which common numerous clinical risk factors and mechanical elements at time stent implantation. In-stent restenosis problem despite improvements in-stent design polymer coatings over ...

BackgroundPatent foramen ovale (PFO) is a vestigial congenital cardiovascular structure present in around 25% of adults. In most cases, PFO entirely benign and requires no treatment. However, it may cause serious complications under certain circumstances.ObjectiveThese evidence-based guidelines from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography Interventions (SCAI) aim to support patients, clinici...