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A 47-year-old woman with dilated cardiomyopathy underwent HeartMate II (HM2) implantation as a bridge-to-transplantation. Her postoperative course was good. However, 2.5 years after surgery, the outflow graft ...
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Open AccessSecond-line immunosuppressant administration for steroid-refractory immune-related adverse events in patients with lung cancer
Evidence for use of second-line immunosuppressants for immune-related adverse events (irAEs) is inadequate. Therefore, a multicenter analysis should assess the efficacy of second-line immunosuppressants for se...
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The technical evolution of the surgery for spina bifida occulta (SBO) over the course of a half-century was reviewed with special foci placed on the spinal lipoma and tethered spinal cord. Looking back through...
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Open AccessOne-dimensional array of nanoparticles using segmented polyurethane nanofibers as a template for enhanced catalytic efficiency
Metal nanoparticles are used to catalyze chemical reactions. Among them, noble metal nanoparticle catalysts need to be used in small quantities. Some reports reveal catalytic activity is further improved by co...
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Soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) suppresses effector T-cells. Few studies have assessed serum sIL-2R in patients receiving immunotherapy. We evaluated the association between serum sIL-2R levels and the...
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Total arch replacement with both frozen elephant trunk and transthoracic aorto-axillary extra-anatomical bypass through partial sternotomy for acute aortic dissection in a tracheostomy patient
Median sternotomy near an existing tracheostoma risks deep sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery. We present herein a case of acute type A aortic dissection in a patient with a permanent tracheostoma a...
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Reports of early and catastrophic acute structural valve deterioration (SVD) in Trifecta valve (Abbott, St Paul, MN, USA) with multiple leaflet detachment are rare. We encountered two cases of early SVD in Tri...
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Biodevices in which biomolecules such as enzymes and antibodies are immobilized on the surface of electrode materials are capable of converting chemical energy into electrical energy, and are expected to contr...
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Roller pum** results in hemolysis and adverse effects on coagulation, but there are few reports on the influence of roller heads on platelets. Here, we evaluate the interaction between roller pum** and pla...
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Enzymes from hyperthermophilic archaea are potential candidates for industrial use because of their superior pH, thermal, and long-term stability, and are expected to improve the long-term stability of biofuel...
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Open AccessProcalcitonin expression in patients with large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung
Procalcitonin (PCT) has received much attention as a serum marker for bacterial infection. Elevated serum PCT is occasionally seen in severe trauma, heatstroke, and neoplastic diseases, including lung cancer w...
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Open AccessDissociated responses at initial computed tomography evaluation is a good prognostic factor in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with anti-programmed cell death-1/ligand 1 inhibitors
Dissociated responses (DR) are phenomena in which some tumors shrink, whereas others progress during treatment of patients with cancer. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the frequency and progno...
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Open AccessNarrowing down the region responsible for 1q23.3q24.1 microdeletion by identifying the smallest deletion
Interstitial deletions of 1q23.3q24.1 are rare. Here, chromosomal microarray testing identified a de novo microdeletion of arr[GRCh37]1q23.3q24.1(164816055_165696996) × 1 in a patient with moderate development...
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We report a case of 2-year-old female with lateral ventricular glioma harboring both H3F3A K27M and BRAF V600E mutations. By the methylation analysis, the tumor was classified as a diffuse midline glioma H3 K27M ...
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Open AccessAlterations in ALK/ROS1/NTRK/MET drive a group of infantile hemispheric gliomas
Infant gliomas have paradoxical clinical behavior compared to those in children and adults: low-grade tumors have a higher mortality rate, while high-grade tumors have a better outcome. However, we have little...
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Open AccessReal-world study of afatinib in first-line or re-challenge settings for patients with EGFR mutant non-small cell lung cancer
Afatinib, a second-generation epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)—tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) for mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), was approved in Japan in 2014. This study evaluated clinical...
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Open AccessType D personality is a predictor of prolonged acute brain dysfunction (delirium/coma) after cardiovascular surgery
Previous studies have shown a relationship between delirium and depressive symptoms after cardiac surgery with distress personalities linking to negative surgical outcomes. The aim of the present study is to f...
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Author Correction: Effect of polymer type on the performance of a nanofiber mat actuator
In the original published version of Table 1 and Table S1, the conductivity values are incorrect. The corrected Tables are as shown below.
