Lupus Science & Medicine

Left Ventricular Mass Index as an independent predictor of major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in patients with SLE

Background Although the increased risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with SLE is well-documented, effective tools for ...
BMJ Open

Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards urinary calculi among patients: a cross-sectional study in Jiangsu Province, China

Objectives This study aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of patients with urinary calculi in China, where prior KAP research on this condition is lacking. Design A cross ...
Toronto Sun

Kendamil recalls infant formula with whole milk due to toxin risk

A baby formula sold online at Costco is being recalled due to contamination with cereulide toxin. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the one-kilogram containers of Kendamil brand infant formula ...
Science Daily

Ramanujan’s 100-year-old pi formula is still revealing the Universe

Ramanujan’s elegant formulas for calculating pi, developed more than a century ago, have unexpectedly resurfaced at the heart of modern physics. Researchers at IISc discovered that the same ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Diagnostic Value of Combining Left Atrial Stiffness Index with sST2 for Heart Failure in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation ()

Objective: To obtain the derived parameter left atrial stiffness index (LASI) using two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Off Pump-Functional Complete Coronary Revascularization: Correlation between Preoperative and Postoperative Systolic Left Ventricular Function and Wall Motion Score Index ()

1 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt. 2 Department of Anatomy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt. 3 Cardiac Science Department, Al-Hada Armed Forces ...