Background White cell count (WCC) is a clinical marker of inflammation. Data are limited regarding the association of total and differential WCC with risk of mortality, and its role related with smoking and body mass index ...

Objective The diagnosis of transient ischaemic attack (TIA) based on symptoms and signs can be challenging and would greatly benefit from a rapid serum biomarker of brain ischaemia. We aimed to quantify the added diagnostic ...

Context: Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels are used worldwide as a screening tool for the duration of the female reproductive lifespan. Although AMH levels are associated with age at menopause, individual predictions of ...

Aims: In asymptomatic athletes, abnormal exercise test (ET) results have a poor positive predictive value. It is unknown whether abnormal ET results in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) are related ...

Exosomes are cell-derived extracellular vesicles of 30-150 nm in size and are involved in intercellular communication. Because of their bioactive cargo, consisting of proteins, RNA and lipids, and their natural ability to ...

Background: Melioidosis, caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, is an opportunistic infection across the tropics. Here, we provide a systematic overview of imported human cases in a non-endemic ...

Objective Long-term prognosis of patients with coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is impaired due to the high prevalence of hypertension and consequent cardiovascular complications. Although stent implantation results in acute ...

OBJECTIVE: There is significant variability in the trajectory of structural progression across people with knee osteoarthritis (OA). We aimed to identify distinct trajectories of femorotibial cartilage thickness over 2 ...

Treatment selection is becoming increasingly more important in acute ischemic stroke patient care. Clinical variables and radiological image biomarkers (old age, pre-stroke mRS, NIHSS, occlusion location, ASPECTS, among ...

Background and Purpose-Novel double layer micromesh stents have recently been introduced for treatment of patients with significant carotid stenosis. Strict evaluation of safety and patency of such novel devices is required ...