Aims Studies have compared safety and efficacy of percutaneous left ventricular assist
devices (LVADs) with intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) counterpulsation in patients with …

Objective To review the available evidence regarding electronic cigarette (e-cigarette)
product characterisation and design features in order to understand their potential impact on …

Aims Heart failure with normal ejection fraction (HFNEF) is a major and growing public health
problem, currently representing half of the heart failure burden. Although many studies …

Aims Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are mostly caused by plaque rupture. This study
aims to investigate the prognostic value of in vivo detection of high-risk coronary plaques by …

Phytoremediation is an emerging technology for the remediation of polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs). In this study, pot experiments were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of …

Aims We investigated the relationship between sublingual perfused capillary density (PCD)
as a measure of tissue perfusion and outcome (ie occurrence of organ failure and mortality) …

BACKGROUND: Surgical risk scores, such as the logistic EuroSCORE (LES) and Society of
Thoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of Mortality (STS) score, are commonly used to identify …

… Oemrawsingh and Cheng are supported by a Dutch non-commercial charity: the Netherlands
Heart Foundation (grants … Oemrawsingh and Cheng contributed equally to this work. …

Background and aims Experimental studies have suggested that proprotein convertase
substilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) might directly promote inflammatory processes contributing to …

Recent studies have demonstrated that aldo-keto reductase family 1 B10 (AKR1B10), a
novel protein overexpressed in human hepatocellular carcinoma and non-small cell lung …