AORTIC STENOSIS: FROM DIAGNOSIS TO OPTIMAL TREATMENT

Aortic stenosis: From diagnosis to optimal treatment

Aortic stenosis is the most frequent valvular heart disease.Aortic sclerosis is the first characteristic lesion of the cusps, which is considered today as the process similar to atherosclerosis.Progression of the disease is an active process leading to forming of bone matrix and heavily calcified stiff cusps by inflammatory cells and osteopontin.It

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Cavemen were better at depicting quadruped walking than modern artists: erroneous walking illustrations in the fine arts from prehistory to today.

The experts of animal locomotion well know the characteristics of quadruped walking since the pioneering work of Eadweard Muybridge in the 1880s.Most of the quadrupeds advance their legs in the same lateral sequence when walking, and only the timing of their supporting feet differ more or less.How did this scientific knowledge influence the correct

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Isothermal microcalorimetry for thermal viable count of microorganisms in pure cultures and stabilized formulations

Abstract Background Quantification of viable microorganisms is an important step in microbiological research as well as in microbial product formulation to develop biological control products or probiotics.Often, the efficiency of the resulting product is dependent on the microbial cell density and their viability, which may decrease over time.Comm

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