Search Results - "Arthur, Wallace"
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SARS-CoV-2 vaccine protection and deaths among US veterans during 2021
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (21-01-2022)“…We report severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine effectiveness against infection (VE-I) and death (VE-D) by vaccine type in…”
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Association between Withholding Angiotensin Receptor Blockers in the Early Postoperative Period and 30-day Mortality: A Cohort Study of the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
Published in Anesthesiology (Philadelphia) (01-08-2015)“…BACKGROUND:Despite widespread use, there is limited information to guide perioperative management of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). METHODS:In this…”
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The emerging conceptual framework of evolutionary developmental biology
Published in Nature (London) (14-02-2002)“…Over the last twenty years, there has been rapid growth of a new approach to understanding the evolution of organismic form. This evolutionary developmental…”
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Association of the Pattern of Use of Perioperative β-Blockade and Postoperative Mortality
Published in Anesthesiology (Philadelphia) (01-10-2010)“…The 1996 atenolol study provided evidence that perioperative β-adrenergic receptor blockade (β-blockade) reduced postsurgical mortality. In 1998, the…”
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Short term doxycycline treatment induces sustained improvement in myocardial infarction border zone contractility
Published in PloS one (12-02-2018)“…Decreased contractility in the non-ischemic border zone surrounding a MI is in part due to degradation of cardiomyocyte sarcomeric components by intracellular…”
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E-cigarettes versus nicotine patches for perioperative smoking cessation: a pilot randomized trial
Published in PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) (28-09-2018)“…Cigarette smoking by surgical patients is associated with increased complications. E-cigarettes have emerged as a potential smoking cessation tool. We sought…”
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Left ventricular geometry during unloading and the end-systolic pressure volume relationship: Measurement with a modified real-time MRI-based method in normal sheep
Published in PloS one (22-06-2020)“…The left ventricular (LV) end-systolic (ES) pressure volume relationship (ESPVR) is the cornerstone of systolic LV function analysis. We describe a 2D…”
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Scalable Synthesis of Fused Thiophene-Diketopyrrolopyrrole Semiconducting Polymers Processed from Nonchlorinated Solvents into High Performance Thin Film Transistors
Published in Chemistry of materials (12-03-2013)“…The synthesis and characterization of a fused thiophene-diketopyrrolopyrrole based semiconducting polymer PTDPPTFT4 is presented. A number of synthetic…”
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Synthesis and Properties of Soluble Fused Thiophene Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Polymers with Tunable Molecular Weight
Published in Macromolecules (11-12-2018)“…It is challenging to realize both a fully conjugated rigid polymer backbone and high molecular weight at the same time. Previously, we reported a DPP-FT4…”
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Perioperative β-Blockade: Atenolol Is Associated with Reduced Mortality When Compared to Metoprolol
Published in Anesthesiology (Philadelphia) (01-04-2011)“…The Atenolol study of 1996 provided evidence that perioperative β-blockade reduced postsurgical mortality. In 1998, the indications for perioperative…”
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Myocardial injection of a thermoresponsive hydrogel with reactive oxygen species scavenger properties improves border zone contractility
Published in Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A (01-08-2020)“…The decrease in contractility in myocardium adjacent (border zone; BZ) to a myocardial infarction (MI) is correlated with an increase in reactive oxygen…”
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Effect of clonidine on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality after noncardiac surgery
Published in Anesthesiology (Philadelphia) (01-08-2004)“…Perioperative myocardial ischemia occurs in 20-40% of patients at risk for cardiac morbidity and is associated with a ninefold increase in risk of cardiac…”
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Freedom From Opioids After Total Knee Arthroplasty
Published in The Journal of arthroplasty (01-05-2019)“…In the United States, opioids are commonly prescribed to treat knee pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). While surgery leads to decreased pain in most…”
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Reduced Coating Diameter Fibers for High Density Optical Interconnects
Published in Journal of lightwave technology (01-02-2023)“…Reduced coating diameter fibers (RCDF) are attractive for increasing fiber density in cables due to their compatibility with the standard 125 μm clad diameter…”
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First Finite Element Model of the Left Ventricle With Mitral Valve: Insights Into Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-05-2010)“…Background Left ventricular remodeling after posterobasal myocardial infarction can lead to ischemic mitral regurgitation. This occurs as a consequence of…”
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A kinematic model‐based analysis framework for 3D Cine‐DENSE—validation with an axially compressed gel phantom and application in sheep before and after antero‐apical myocardial infarction
Published in Magnetic resonance in medicine (01-10-2021)“…Purpose Myocardial strain is increasingly used to assess left ventricular (LV) function. Incorporation of LV deformation into finite element (FE) modeling…”
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Association of the patterns of use of medications with mortality of COVID-19 infection: a hospital-based observational study
Published in BMJ open (31-12-2021)“…ObjectivesSARS-CoV-2 enters cells using the ACE2 receptor. Medications that affect ACE2 expression or function such as angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) and…”
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Finite-element based optimization of left ventricular passive stiffness in normal volunteers and patients after myocardial infarction: Utility of an inverse deformation gradient calculation of regional diastolic strain
Published in Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials (01-07-2021)“…Left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction (DD) is common after myocardial infarction (MI). Whereas current clinical assessment of DD relies on indirect…”
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D'Arcy Thompson and the theory of transformations
Published in Nature reviews. Genetics (01-05-2006)“…D'Arcy Thompson was a biologist, a mathematician and a classicist. His writing was great literature as well as great science. He is primarily known for a…”
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The effect of development on the direction of evolution: toward a twenty-first century consensus
Published in Evolution & development (01-07-2004)“…Summary One of the most important questions in evolutionary biology is: what orients the evolutionary process? That is, what causes evolution to proceed toward…”
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