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Potential for reducing resting sympathetic nerve activity with new classes of glucose-lowering drugs in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
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Open AccessElectrocardiographic changes during sustained normobaric hypoxia in patients after myocardial infarction
The safety of prolonged high-altitude stays and exercise for physically fit post-myocardial infarction (MI) patients is unclear. Myocardial tissue hypoxia and pulmonary hypertension can affect cardiac function...
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Blood pressure during ambulation: are noninvasive beat-by-beat finger measures and intermittent brachial measures comparable?
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Limitations of dual-energy CT in the detection of monosodium urate deposition in dense liquid tophi and calcified tophi
Dual-energy CT (DECT) detection of monosodium urate (MSU) crystal deposition has demonstrated good sensitivity and specificity in patients with established gout. However, limitations have been reported with ea...
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Imaging Features of Chondrosarcoma
Chondrosarcoma is a malignant tumor of hyaline cartilage. It can be classified as primary or secondary (arising from a benign osteochondroma or enchondroma). Primary chondrosarcoma is the third most common pri...
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Increased signal in the proximal patellar tendon: normal or pathologic?
To determine the clinical significance of T2 signal hyperintensity in the proximal patellar tendon seen on MRI of the knee.
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Efficacy of intraarticular corticosteroid hip injections for osteoarthritis and subsequent surgery
Our study aimed to determine the duration of pain relief from intraarticular hip corticosteroid injections and identify patient predictive factors on injection response. We also sought to determine the subsequ...
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Role of tissue transglutaminase in age-associated ventricular stiffness
Aging is associated with increased cardiomyocyte loss, left-ventricular hypertrophy, and the accumulation of extracellular matrix, which results in declining cardiac function. The role of the matrix crosslinki...
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Sympathetic neural and cardiovascular responses during static handgrip exercise in women with a history of hypertensive pregnancy
Women with a history of hypertensive pregnancy are at greater risk for future cardiovascular events; however, the mechanisms for this increased risk are unknown. Evidence suggests that an exercise stimulus unm...
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Author’s Reply to Lipman: ‘Correct Wilderness Medicine Definitions and their Impact on Care’
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Managing Collapsed or Seriously Ill Participants of Ultra-Endurance Events in Remote Environments
Increasing participation in ultramarathons and other ultra-endurance events amplifies the potential for serious medical issues during and immediately following these competitions. Since these events are often ...
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Success rates for computed tomography-guided musculoskeletal biopsies performed using a low-dose technique
To evaluate the success rate of a low-dose (50 % mAs reduction) computed tomography (CT) biopsy technique. This protocol was adopted based on other successful reduced-CT radiation dose protocols in our departm...
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Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma: MRI features and literature review
Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma (SPTCL) represents a rare subclassification of peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL). We present a case of a 21-year-old female who presented with a 1-month history o...
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The Morel-Lavallée lesion: pathophysiology, clinical presentation, imaging features, and treatment options
Morel-Lavallée lesions are posttraumatic hemolymphatic collections related to shearing injury and disruption of interfascial planes between subcutaneous soft tissue and muscle. We review the pathophysiology of...
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Intra-articular calcifications following arthroscopic ACL reconstruction: prevalence and possible significance
The goal of our study was to determine the frequency of intra-articular calcifications on initial postoperative radiographs following arthroscopic ACL reconstruction, describe their appearance, hypothesize the...
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Effects of exercise training on arterial-cardiac baroreflex function in POTS
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is characterized by excessive tachycardia in the upright position. To test the hypothesis that patients with POTS have impaired arterial-cardiac baroreflex func...
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Consensus statement on the definition of orthostatic hypotension, neurally mediated syncope and the postural tachycardia syndrome
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Syncope/Presyncope in the Competitive Athlete
Syncope is a relatively common event in the general population and is not infrequently encountered in athletes. The pathophysiology of all forms of syncope consists of a sudden decrease in cerebral blood flow,...
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Dose-Response of Altitude Training: How Much Altitude is Enough?
Altitude training continues to be a key adjunctive aid for the training of competitive athletes throughout the world. Over the past decade, evidence has accumulated from many groups of investigators that the “...
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The effects of altitude training are mediated primarily by acclimatization, rather than by hypoxic exercise
For training at altitude to be effective, it must provide some advantage above and beyond similar training at sea level. This advantage could be provided by: 1) acclimatization to altitude which improves oxyge...
