Echocardiographers with specialized expertise sometimes perform myocardial perfusion imaging using U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved microbubbles in an off-label capacity, correlating microbubble replenishment in the near field with blood flow …

Aims: Hemangioendothelioma (HE) may be benign or malignant. EOMA cells are validated to study mechanisms in HE. This work demonstrates that EOMA cells heavily rely on mitochondria to thrive. Thus, a combination therapy including weak X-ray therapy (XRT, …

Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines (NSML) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder that presents with cardio-cutaneous-craniofacial defects. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) represents the major life- threatening presentation in NSML. Mutations in the …

Neuromuscular ultrasound (NMUS) is a rapidly evolving technique used in neuromuscular medicine to provide complimentary information to standard electrodiagnostic studies. NMUS provides a dynamic, real time assessment of anatomy which can alter both …

Introduction The management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (DH) would benefit from an antenatal medical therapy, which addresses both lung hypoplasia and persistent pulmonary hypertension. We aimed at evaluating the pulmonary effects of sildenafil in …

Non-invasive determination of the severity of parenchymal injury in acute kidney injury (AKI) remains challenging. Edema is an early pathological process following injury, which may correlate with changes in kidney volume. The goal of this study was to …

While cell therapy is emerging as a promising option for patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM), the influence of advanced donor age and a history of ischemic injury on the reparative performance of these cells are not well defined. As such, …

Introduction: With this pictorial essay, we aimed to provide gestational age specific reference ranges of relevant fetal structures using micro-ultrasound, as well as its correlation with postmortem MRI and whole body sections. Material and Methods: …

NLRX1 weakens lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced NF-κB activation on immune cells. Cytochrome P450 epoxygenase 2J2 (CYP2J2) attenuates LPS-induced cardiac injury by inhibiting NF-κB activation. However, it is still unclear whether NLRX1 could reduce …

Background Pro-NTs (precursor of neurotrophins) and their receptor p75 are potential targets for preventing microvascular dysfunction induced by myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). p75ECD (ectodomain of neurotrophin receptor p75) may …