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Status Update and Interim Results from the Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial-2 (ACST-2)
European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, ISSN 1078-5884, 2013, Volume 46, Issue 5, pp. 510 - 518
Objectives ACST-2 is currently the largest trial ever conducted to compare carotid artery stenting (CAS) with carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in patients with...
Surgery | Stroke | Carotid artery stenting | Carotid endarterectomy | Carotid artery stenosis | Randomized controlled trial | SURGERY | PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE | ENDARTERECTOMY | Myocardial Infarction - mortality | Humans | Middle Aged | Angioplasty - mortality | Male | Asymptomatic Diseases | Patient Selection | Endarterectomy, Carotid - adverse effects | Time Factors | Carotid Stenosis - diagnosis | Carotid Stenosis - mortality | Female | Stroke - mortality | Myocardial Infarction - etiology | Stents | Angioplasty - instrumentation | Carotid Stenosis - surgery | Severity of Illness Index | Risk Assessment | Risk Factors | Carotid Stenosis - therapy | Treatment Outcome | Endarterectomy, Carotid - mortality | Cardiovascular Agents - therapeutic use | Stroke - etiology | Angioplasty - adverse effects | Aged | Kardiologi | Klinisk medicin | Medicin och hälsovetenskap | Kirurgi
Surgery | Stroke | Carotid artery stenting | Carotid endarterectomy | Carotid artery stenosis | Randomized controlled trial | SURGERY | PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE | ENDARTERECTOMY | Myocardial Infarction - mortality | Humans | Middle Aged | Angioplasty - mortality | Male | Asymptomatic Diseases | Patient Selection | Endarterectomy, Carotid - adverse effects | Time Factors | Carotid Stenosis - diagnosis | Carotid Stenosis - mortality | Female | Stroke - mortality | Myocardial Infarction - etiology | Stents | Angioplasty - instrumentation | Carotid Stenosis - surgery | Severity of Illness Index | Risk Assessment | Risk Factors | Carotid Stenosis - therapy | Treatment Outcome | Endarterectomy, Carotid - mortality | Cardiovascular Agents - therapeutic use | Stroke - etiology | Angioplasty - adverse effects | Aged | Kardiologi | Klinisk medicin | Medicin och hälsovetenskap | Kirurgi
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Choices of Stent and Cerebral Protection in the Ongoing ACST-2 Trial: A Descriptive Study
European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, ISSN 1078-5884, 2017, Volume 53, Issue 5, pp. 617 - 625
Objective/Background Several plaque and lesion characteristics have been associated with an increased risk for procedural stroke during or shortly after...
Surgery | Stent design | Cerebral protection devices | Carotid artery stenting | Carotid artery stenosis | Randomized controlled trial | Plaque echolucency | SURGERY | METAANALYSIS | RANDOMIZED-TRIAL | RISK | PROXIMAL BALLOON OCCLUSION | ENDARTERECTOMY | STROKE | ASYMPTOMATIC CAROTID STENOSIS | PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE | ARTERY STENOSIS | FILTER PROTECTION | Humans | Practice Patterns, Physicians | Asymptomatic Diseases | Prosthesis Design | Patient Selection | Endarterectomy, Carotid | Endovascular Procedures - instrumentation | Cerebrovascular Disorders - prevention & control | Time Factors | Clinical Decision-Making | Stents | Severity of Illness Index | Cerebrovascular Disorders - physiopathology | Endovascular Procedures - adverse effects | Risk Factors | Carotid Stenosis - therapy | Carotid Stenosis - physiopathology | Treatment Outcome | Cerebrovascular Circulation | Chi-Square Distribution | Plaque, Atherosclerotic | Carotid Stenosis - complications | Cerebrovascular Disorders - etiology | Cerebrovascular Disorders - diagnosis | Embolic Protection Devices | Carotid Stenosis - diagnostic imaging | Stent (Surgery) | Medicine, Experimental | Surgeons | Medical research | Usage
Surgery | Stent design | Cerebral protection devices | Carotid artery stenting | Carotid artery stenosis | Randomized controlled trial | Plaque echolucency | SURGERY | METAANALYSIS | RANDOMIZED-TRIAL | RISK | PROXIMAL BALLOON OCCLUSION | ENDARTERECTOMY | STROKE | ASYMPTOMATIC CAROTID STENOSIS | PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE | ARTERY STENOSIS | FILTER PROTECTION | Humans | Practice Patterns, Physicians | Asymptomatic Diseases | Prosthesis Design | Patient Selection | Endarterectomy, Carotid | Endovascular Procedures - instrumentation | Cerebrovascular Disorders - prevention & control | Time Factors | Clinical Decision-Making | Stents | Severity of Illness Index | Cerebrovascular Disorders - physiopathology | Endovascular Procedures - adverse effects | Risk Factors | Carotid Stenosis - therapy | Carotid Stenosis - physiopathology | Treatment Outcome | Cerebrovascular Circulation | Chi-Square Distribution | Plaque, Atherosclerotic | Carotid Stenosis - complications | Cerebrovascular Disorders - etiology | Cerebrovascular Disorders - diagnosis | Embolic Protection Devices | Carotid Stenosis - diagnostic imaging | Stent (Surgery) | Medicine, Experimental | Surgeons | Medical research | Usage
Journal Article
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, ISSN 1078-5884, 09/2017, Volume 54, Issue 3, p. 407
Due to a miscommunication during the production of this article, the members of the ACST-2 Collaborative Group were not properly indexed in PubMed. This has...
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European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, ISSN 1078-5884, 09/2017, Volume 54, Issue 3, pp. 407 - 407
Journal Article
European Respiratory Journal, ISSN 0903-1936, 11/2015, Volume 46, Issue 5, pp. 1430 - 1439
Chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) remains the major barrier to long-term success after lung transplantation. This report compares gross and microscopic...
SURVIVAL | RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | DIFFUSE ALVEOLAR DAMAGE | AIRWAY-OBSTRUCTION | IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY-FIBROSIS | EXPRESSION | TRANSPLANTATION | Lung - pathology | Primary Graft Dysfunction - physiopathology | Bronchiolitis Obliterans - etiology | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Tomography, X-Ray Computed | Lung Transplantation | Phenotype | Adult | Female | Graft Rejection | Postoperative Complications
SURVIVAL | RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | DIFFUSE ALVEOLAR DAMAGE | AIRWAY-OBSTRUCTION | IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY-FIBROSIS | EXPRESSION | TRANSPLANTATION | Lung - pathology | Primary Graft Dysfunction - physiopathology | Bronchiolitis Obliterans - etiology | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Tomography, X-Ray Computed | Lung Transplantation | Phenotype | Adult | Female | Graft Rejection | Postoperative Complications
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PLoS ONE, ISSN 1932-6203, 11/2012, Volume 7, Issue 11, p. e47286
Rationale: Hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPC) are responsible for maintaining the blood system as a result of their self-renewal and multilineage...
STEM-CELLS | SCAVENGER RECEPTOR | COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR | CHOLESTEROL | MOBILIZATION | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | BONE-MARROW | ATHEROSCLEROSIS | HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA | GRANULOCYTE | APOLIPOPROTEIN-A-I | Lipoproteins, HDL - administration & dosage | Receptors, LDL - genetics | Cell Proliferation | Humans | Mice, Inbred C57BL | Lipoproteins, HDL - metabolism | Receptors, LDL - metabolism | Leukocytosis - etiology | Hematopoietic Stem Cells - metabolism | Apolipoprotein A-I - metabolism | Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases - metabolism | Gene Knockout Techniques | Mice, Knockout | Animals | CD36 Antigens - metabolism | Hematopoiesis | Hematopoietic Stem Cells - cytology | Hypercholesterolemia - complications | Apolipoprotein A-I - administration & dosage | Lipoproteins, LDL - metabolism | Mice | Hypercholesterolemia - genetics | Hypercholesterolemia - metabolism | Cell Movement | Hypercholesterolemia | Blood cholesterol | Low density lipoproteins | Atherosclerosis | Macrophages | Apolipoproteins | Cell differentiation | Cell proliferation | Lipoproteins (low density) | Plasma | Phosphorylation | Laboratories | Heart surgery | Homeostasis | Lipids | Cardiovascular disease | Kinases | Blood | High fat diet | Cell adhesion & migration | Granulocytes | Peripheral blood | Cell cycle | Bone marrow | Tumor necrosis factor-TNF | Lipoprotein (low density) receptors | Inhibition | Lipoproteins (high density) | Efflux | Mortality | Extracellular signal-regulated kinase | Inflammation | Metabolism | Cholesterol | Hemopoiesis | Monocytes | Lipoproteins | Arteriosclerosis | Cells (biology) | Stem cells | Leukocytes (granulocytic) | Differentiation
STEM-CELLS | SCAVENGER RECEPTOR | COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR | CHOLESTEROL | MOBILIZATION | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | BONE-MARROW | ATHEROSCLEROSIS | HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA | GRANULOCYTE | APOLIPOPROTEIN-A-I | Lipoproteins, HDL - administration & dosage | Receptors, LDL - genetics | Cell Proliferation | Humans | Mice, Inbred C57BL | Lipoproteins, HDL - metabolism | Receptors, LDL - metabolism | Leukocytosis - etiology | Hematopoietic Stem Cells - metabolism | Apolipoprotein A-I - metabolism | Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases - metabolism | Gene Knockout Techniques | Mice, Knockout | Animals | CD36 Antigens - metabolism | Hematopoiesis | Hematopoietic Stem Cells - cytology | Hypercholesterolemia - complications | Apolipoprotein A-I - administration & dosage | Lipoproteins, LDL - metabolism | Mice | Hypercholesterolemia - genetics | Hypercholesterolemia - metabolism | Cell Movement | Hypercholesterolemia | Blood cholesterol | Low density lipoproteins | Atherosclerosis | Macrophages | Apolipoproteins | Cell differentiation | Cell proliferation | Lipoproteins (low density) | Plasma | Phosphorylation | Laboratories | Heart surgery | Homeostasis | Lipids | Cardiovascular disease | Kinases | Blood | High fat diet | Cell adhesion & migration | Granulocytes | Peripheral blood | Cell cycle | Bone marrow | Tumor necrosis factor-TNF | Lipoprotein (low density) receptors | Inhibition | Lipoproteins (high density) | Efflux | Mortality | Extracellular signal-regulated kinase | Inflammation | Metabolism | Cholesterol | Hemopoiesis | Monocytes | Lipoproteins | Arteriosclerosis | Cells (biology) | Stem cells | Leukocytes (granulocytic) | Differentiation
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American Journal of Transplantation, ISSN 1600-6135, 07/2012, Volume 12, Issue 7, pp. 1831 - 1838
Acute rejection represents a major problem after organ transplantation, being a recognized risk for chronic rejection and mortality. Recently, it became clear...
Acute rejection | air pollution | azithromycin | lung transplantation | lymphocytic bronchiolitis | Air pollution | Lymphocytic bronchiolitis | Azithromycin | Lung transplantation | SURGERY | INTERNATIONAL-SOCIETY | AMBIENT | OFFICIAL ADULT LUNG | OBLITERANS-SYNDROME | INDOOR | TRANSPLANTATION | PARTICULATE AIR | EXPOSURE | REGISTRY | Prospective Studies | Bronchiolitis - drug therapy | Bronchiolitis - pathology | Humans | Middle Aged | Air Pollution - adverse effects | Lung Transplantation - adverse effects | Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use | Lymphocytes - pathology | Azithromycin - therapeutic use | Bronchiolitis - etiology | Biopsy | Adult | Index Medicus | Bronchopneumonia | Lung | Mortality | Organs | Bronchus | Particulates | Leukocytes (neutrophilic) | Graft rejection | Lymphocytes | Particulate matter | Neutrophilia | Respiratory tract diseases | Alveoli | Lymphocytosis
Acute rejection | air pollution | azithromycin | lung transplantation | lymphocytic bronchiolitis | Air pollution | Lymphocytic bronchiolitis | Azithromycin | Lung transplantation | SURGERY | INTERNATIONAL-SOCIETY | AMBIENT | OFFICIAL ADULT LUNG | OBLITERANS-SYNDROME | INDOOR | TRANSPLANTATION | PARTICULATE AIR | EXPOSURE | REGISTRY | Prospective Studies | Bronchiolitis - drug therapy | Bronchiolitis - pathology | Humans | Middle Aged | Air Pollution - adverse effects | Lung Transplantation - adverse effects | Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use | Lymphocytes - pathology | Azithromycin - therapeutic use | Bronchiolitis - etiology | Biopsy | Adult | Index Medicus | Bronchopneumonia | Lung | Mortality | Organs | Bronchus | Particulates | Leukocytes (neutrophilic) | Graft rejection | Lymphocytes | Particulate matter | Neutrophilia | Respiratory tract diseases | Alveoli | Lymphocytosis
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American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, ISSN 1073-449X, 04/2011, Volume 183, Issue 8, pp. 977 - 986
During T-cell receptor activation in a particular cytokine environment, naive CD41(+) T cells may differentiate into lineages defined by their pattern of...
COLLAGEN TYPE-V | RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS | NKT CELLS | OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY-DISEASE | BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS SYNDROME | ROR-GAMMA-T | RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | REGULATORY T-CELLS | DOUBLE-BLIND | MESENCHYMAL STEM-CELLS | TISSUE INDUCER CELLS | CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE | Adaptive Immunity - physiology | Th17 Cells - physiology | Humans | Interleukin-17 - physiology | Inflammation - immunology | Lung - physiopathology | Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - physiopathology | Lung Diseases - drug therapy | Immunologic Memory - physiology | Lung Diseases - immunology | Autoimmunity - physiology | Immunity, Innate - immunology | Animals | Autoimmunity - immunology | Immunity, Innate - physiology | Th17 Cells - immunology | Lung Diseases - physiopathology | Mice | Adaptive Immunity - immunology | Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - immunology | Immunologic Memory - immunology | Lung - immunology | Inflammation - physiopathology
COLLAGEN TYPE-V | RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS | NKT CELLS | OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY-DISEASE | BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS SYNDROME | ROR-GAMMA-T | RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | REGULATORY T-CELLS | DOUBLE-BLIND | MESENCHYMAL STEM-CELLS | TISSUE INDUCER CELLS | CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE | Adaptive Immunity - physiology | Th17 Cells - physiology | Humans | Interleukin-17 - physiology | Inflammation - immunology | Lung - physiopathology | Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - physiopathology | Lung Diseases - drug therapy | Immunologic Memory - physiology | Lung Diseases - immunology | Autoimmunity - physiology | Immunity, Innate - immunology | Animals | Autoimmunity - immunology | Immunity, Innate - physiology | Th17 Cells - immunology | Lung Diseases - physiopathology | Mice | Adaptive Immunity - immunology | Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - immunology | Immunologic Memory - immunology | Lung - immunology | Inflammation - physiopathology
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Cardiovascular Research, ISSN 0008-6363, 05/2015, Volume 108, Issue 1, pp. 124 - 138
Aims Platelet endothelial aggregation receptor-1 (PEAR1) is a cell membrane protein, expressed on platelets and endothelial cells (ECs). PEAR1 sustains alpha...
Angiogenesis | Endothelial cell | Proliferation | PEAR1 | Akt signalling | HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR | SIGNALING PATHWAYS | CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS | PTEN | CELL-PROLIFERATION | AKT | TUMOR ANGIOGENESIS | GENE-EXPRESSION | GROWTH-FACTOR | BLOOD | CDC2 Protein Kinase | Cell Proliferation | Humans | Mice, Inbred C57BL | Receptors, Cell Surface - analysis | Cells, Cultured | Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt - physiology | Ischemia - physiopathology | Wound Healing | Neovascularization, Physiologic - physiology | Animals | Mice | Receptors, Cell Surface - physiology | Cyclin-Dependent Kinases - physiology | Endothelial Cells - physiology | Cell Movement | Receptors, Cell Surface - genetics
Angiogenesis | Endothelial cell | Proliferation | PEAR1 | Akt signalling | HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR | SIGNALING PATHWAYS | CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS | PTEN | CELL-PROLIFERATION | AKT | TUMOR ANGIOGENESIS | GENE-EXPRESSION | GROWTH-FACTOR | BLOOD | CDC2 Protein Kinase | Cell Proliferation | Humans | Mice, Inbred C57BL | Receptors, Cell Surface - analysis | Cells, Cultured | Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt - physiology | Ischemia - physiopathology | Wound Healing | Neovascularization, Physiologic - physiology | Animals | Mice | Receptors, Cell Surface - physiology | Cyclin-Dependent Kinases - physiology | Endothelial Cells - physiology | Cell Movement | Receptors, Cell Surface - genetics
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Transplantation, ISSN 0041-1337, 01/2012, Volume 93, Issue 2, pp. 224 - 229
Background. Vitamin D deficiency has been reported in different chronic pulmonary diseases like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but little is...
FEV1 | Lymphocytic bronchiolitis | Vitamin D | Lung transplantation | SURGERY | BRONCHIOLITIS-OBLITERANS-SYNDROME | IMMUNE-SYSTEM | 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN-D | HEALTH | IMMUNOLOGY | CALCITRIOL | TRANSPLANTATION | Follow-Up Studies | Vitamin D Deficiency - complications | Humans | Middle Aged | Vitamin D Deficiency - drug therapy | Graft Rejection - etiology | Male | Lung Diseases - surgery | Vitamin D Deficiency - physiopathology | Lung Transplantation - adverse effects | Vitamin D - blood | Forced Expiratory Volume | Lung Transplantation - physiology | Adult | Female | Vitamin D - administration & dosage | Vitamin D - analogs & derivatives | Lung Diseases - complications | Lung Diseases - physiopathology | Hospitals | Nutrient deficiency | Lung diseases | Clinical trials | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Supplementation | Multivariate analysis | 25-Hydroxyvitamin D | Asthma | Graft rejection
FEV1 | Lymphocytic bronchiolitis | Vitamin D | Lung transplantation | SURGERY | BRONCHIOLITIS-OBLITERANS-SYNDROME | IMMUNE-SYSTEM | 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN-D | HEALTH | IMMUNOLOGY | CALCITRIOL | TRANSPLANTATION | Follow-Up Studies | Vitamin D Deficiency - complications | Humans | Middle Aged | Vitamin D Deficiency - drug therapy | Graft Rejection - etiology | Male | Lung Diseases - surgery | Vitamin D Deficiency - physiopathology | Lung Transplantation - adverse effects | Vitamin D - blood | Forced Expiratory Volume | Lung Transplantation - physiology | Adult | Female | Vitamin D - administration & dosage | Vitamin D - analogs & derivatives | Lung Diseases - complications | Lung Diseases - physiopathology | Hospitals | Nutrient deficiency | Lung diseases | Clinical trials | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Supplementation | Multivariate analysis | 25-Hydroxyvitamin D | Asthma | Graft rejection
Journal Article
American Journal of Transplantation, ISSN 1600-6135, 07/2012, Volume 12, Issue 7, pp. 1831 - 1838
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Hydrobiologia, ISSN 0018-8158, 06/2007, Volume 584, Issue 1, pp. 291 - 303
Lake Kraenepoel (Belgium) is a shallow lake (22 ha), divided in two basins since 1957 by a shallow dike. The lake was used for fish farming until World War II...
Life Sciences | Macrophyte |
Life Sciences | Macrophyte |