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Anthony Tang
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The role of spine stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with breast cancer metastases
Breast cancer that metastasizes to the spine is associated with low quality of life and poor survival. Radiosurgery has an increasing role in this patient population. This single-institution (2003–2023) study ...
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Open AccessParacentral acute middle maculopathy presenting as a sign of impending central retinal artery occlusion: a case report
To report a case of paracentral acute middle maculopathy (PAMM) that progressed to central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) on spectral domain-optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT).
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Open AccessRandomized trial of conventional versus radiofrequency needle transseptal puncture for cryoballoon ablation: the CRYO-LATS trial
Transseptal puncture to achieve left atrial access is necessary for many cardiac procedures, including atrial fibrillation ablation. More recently, there has been an increasing need for left atrial access usin...
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Open AccessThe role of brain natriuretic peptide in atrial fibrillation: a substudy of the Substrate Modification with Aggressive Blood Pressure Control for Atrial Fibrillation (SMAC-AF) trial
Catheter ablation is an established therapy for atrial fibrillation but is limited by recurrence; efforts have been made to identify biomarkers that predict recurrence. We investigated the effect of baseline N...
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Prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator in heart failure: the growing evidence for all or Primum non nocere for some?
Heart failure (HF) is a common health problem and has reached epidemic in many western countries. Despite the current era of HF treatment, the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in HF remains significant. Impl...
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Open AccessGenetic variation at CYP3A is associated with age at menarche and breast cancer risk: a case-control study
We have previously shown that a tag single nucleotide polymorphism (rs10235235), which maps to the CYP3A locus (7q22.1), was associated with a reduction in premenopausal urinary estrone glucuronide levels and a m...
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The prevalence and risk factors for atrioesophageal fistula after percutaneous radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: the Canadian experience
Atrioesophageal fistula (AEF) is an infrequent complication of radiofrequency (RF) ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and operator-dependent factors as...
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Creating scalable location-based games: lessons from Geocaching
Location-based games seek to move computer gaming out from behind the PC and into the “real world” of cities, streets, parks, and other locations. This real-world physicality makes the experience fun for game ...
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ICDAR 2003 robust reading competitions: entries, results, and future directions
This paper describes the robust reading competitions for ICDAR 2003. With the rapid growth in research over the last few years on recognizing text in natural scenes, there is an urgent need to establish some c...
