pletely inhibit EVT migration, plateletderived soluble factors other than chemokines most likely also play a role in EVT migration. Though other studies have suggested that a lipid mediator, sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), is released from platelets,4 Sato and colleagues found that lipid removal from platelet-CM by charcoal stripping did not affect migration. However, heat inactivation of peptid...

INTRODUCTION Stroke is the crucial cause of death annually. Inconsistent results from the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) aroused controversy on efficacy of endovascular treatment (EVT). MATERIALS AND METHODS To evaluate the efficacy of EVT in stroke patients. We searched three databases including PubMed, Web of science and the Cochrane Library from Jan 2011 to Apr 2017. Eligible studies ...

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS Endoscopic Vacuum Therapy (EVT) has been reported as a novel treatment option for esophageal leakage. We present our results in the treatment of iatrogenic perforation with EVT in a case series of 10 patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS An open pore polyurethane drainage was placed either intracavitary through the perforation defect or intraluminal covering the defect zone...

Human trophoblasts consist of two main cell lineages, villous trophoblasts (VT) and extravillous trophoblasts (EVT). To identify the molecules which are involved in EVT differentiation, we have raised a monoclonal antibody (mAb) designated CHL1, by immunizing a mouse against human chorion laeve which is composed of EVT. By immunohistochemical analysis, the CHL1 antigen was found to be expressed...

PURPOSE Clinically successful endovascular therapy (EVT) in ischemic stroke requires reliable noninvasive pretherapeutic selection criteria. We investigated the association of imaging parameters including CT angiographic collaterals and degree of reperfusion with clinical outcome after EVT. METHODS In our database, we identified 93 patients with large vessel occlusion in the anterior circulat...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE National registration studies (the Japanese Registry of Neuroendovascular Therapy [JR-NET] and JR-NET2) have determined the current status and outcomes of neuroendovascular therapy (neuro-EVT). We analyzed short-term outcomes of EVT for asymptomatic unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs). METHODS We extracted periprocedural information about EVT for 4767 asymptomatic ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Whether intravenous thrombolysis adds a further benefit when given before endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) is unknown. Furthermore, intravenous thrombolysis delays time to groin puncture, mainly among drip and ship patients. METHODS Using region-wide registry data, we selected cases that received direct EVT or combined intravenous thrombolysis+EVT for anterior circulatio...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to verify whether the concept of coronary blood flow reserve can be applied to patients with critical limb ischemia who are undergoing endovascular treatment (EVT) for isolated infrapopliteal lesions. METHODS AND RESULTS Forty patients diagnosed with critical limb ischemia (Rutherford category 5) who were undergoing EVT for isolated infrapopliteal lesi...

Purely analytical worst-case execution time (WCET) estimation approaches for Graphics Processor Units (GPUs) cannot go farbecause of insufficient public information for the hardware. Thereforemeasurement-based probabilistic timing analysis (MBPTA) seems theway forward. We recently demonstrated MBPTA for GPUs, based onExtreme Value Theory (EVT) of the “Block Maxima” paradigm. In thisnewer work, ...

The serum amyloid A (SAA) protein is known to function in the acute phase response and immunoregulation. Recently, SAA has been shown to be involved in cell proliferation, differentiation and migratory behavior in different cell types. Here, we evaluated whether exogenous SAA could influence trophoblast invasion and differentiation using both the trophoblast-like BeWo cell line and fully differ...