Background The relative benefits and risks of performing coronary-artery bypass grafting
(CABG) with a beating-heart technique (off-pump CABG), as compared with …

Background Previously, we reported that there was no significant difference at 30 days in the
rate of a primary composite outcome of death, myocardial infarction, stroke, or new renal …

Background We previously reported that there was no significant difference at 30 days or at
1 year in the rate of the composite outcome of death, stroke, myocardial infarction, or renal …

Objectives We investigated the effects of short-term use of atorvastatin on CD34+/VEGF-
R2+/CD133+/CD45-endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) count after on-pump coronary artery …

Opinion statement Pericardial mesothelioma is a rare cancer for which treatment options are
limited. Operative intervention in pericardial mesothelioma is primarily for effusion control …

BACKGROUND: This study investigated the efficacy and safety of autologous bone marrow-
mononuclear cells (ABMMNC) implantation in patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI) due …

Background—Atrial fibrillation (AF) is characterized by structural remodeling, contractile
dysfunction, and AF progression. Histone deacetylases (HDACs) influence acetylation of …

Prescription fraud is a main problem that causes substantial monetary loss in health care
systems. We aimed to develop a model for detecting cases of prescription fraud and test it on …

Objectives. Transcriptomics of atrial fibrillation (AFib) in the setting of chronic primary mitral
regurgitation (MR) remains to be characterized. We aimed to compare the gene expression …

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have the capacity to differentiate into osteoblasts,
chondrocytes, adipocytes, myocytes, and cardiomyocytes. Several established methods are …