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Open AccessSustained Remission and Outcomes with Abatacept plus Methotrexate Following Stepwise Dose De-escalation in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
One target of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment is to achieve early sustained remission; over the long term, patients in sustained remission have less structural joint damage and physical disability. We eval...
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Open AccessThe trajectory of clinical responses in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis who achieve sustained remission in response to abatacept: subanalysis of AVERT-2, a randomized phase IIIb study
AVERT-2 (a phase IIIb, two-stage study) evaluated abatacept + methotrexate versus methotrexate alone, in methotrexate-naive, anti-citrullinated protein antibody-positive patients with early (≤ 6 months), activ...
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Open AccessSudden Cardiac Arrest During a Sedated Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Study in a Nonsyndromic Child with Evolving Supravalvar Aortic Stenosis Due to Familial ELN Mutation
Supravalvar aortic stenosis (SVAS) is a less common but clinically important form of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, and commonly associated with Williams syndrome (WS). SVAS outside of WS may also...
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Perioperative Care of the Congenital Cardiac Patient in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
New innovative techniques in cardiac catheterization (cath) procedures and advances in technology in the field have created an environment in which the primary objective has advanced from diagnostics to a mini...
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Right-Sided Obstructive Lesions
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is one of the most common cyanotic cardiac defects, accounting for about 3–5% of all congenital cardiac disease, with an estimated incidence of 0.2–0.8 per 100 live births (Apitz et a...
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Anesthetic Management of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
Congenital heart defects constitute the most common type of birth defects and occur in approximately 8 in 1000 live births. With the exclusion of bicuspid aortic valve disease, the majority of untreated patien...
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Randomized controlled trial investigating use of submucosal injection of EverLift™ in rates of complete resection of non-pedunculated 4–9 mm polyps
Currently, cold snare polypectomy (CSP) without submucosal injection is recommended for removing polyps < 10 mm. Use of viscous submucosal agents has not been previously evaluated in CSP. We investigate the po...
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Abatacept: A Review of the Treatment of Polyarticular-Course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) encompasses several forms of chronic inflammatory arthritis of unknown etiology presenting in children < 16 years of age, with a minimum symptom duration of 6 weeks. Approxi...
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Updated Assessment of Colorectal Cancer Incidence in the U.S. by Age, Sex, and Race/Ethnicity
Whether recent updates to colon cancer screening guidelines benefit men and women or all race/ethnic groups equally is not clear.
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Open AccessMaintenance of antibody response to diphtheria/tetanus vaccine in patients aged 2–5 years with polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis receiving subcutaneous abatacept
Patients with polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA), receiving disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs with immunosuppressive effects, may be at increased risk of vaccine-preventable infecti...
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5-ASA Induced Recurrent Myopericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis
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Open AccessEffectiveness of adalimumab in treating patients with ankylosing spondylitis associated with enthesitis and peripheral arthritis
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of adalimumab in enthesitis and peripheral arthritis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).
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Open AccessAssessment of radiographic progression in the spines of patients with ankylosing spondylitis treated with adalimumab for up to 2 years
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic rheumatic disease associated with spinal inflammation that subsequently leads to progression of structural damage and loss of function. The fully human anti-tumor necro...