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PILE: a candidate prognostic score in cancer patients treated with immunotherapy
Although the immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) became a vital part of cancer care, many patients do not respond to treatment, indicating need for biomarkers. The Pan-Immune-Inflammation Value (PIV) is a rece...
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Customized Monitoring of the Microcirculation in Patients with a Left Ventricular Assist Device
Heart failure is a growing epidemic, which is associated with increased morbidity and mortality alongside increasing healthcare costs. Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are increasingly used as an accept...
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Open AccessESICM LIVES 2016: part three
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Despite advances in pump technology, thromboembolic events/acute pump thrombosis remain potentially life-threatening complications in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (CF-LVAD). We...
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Cardiovascular Response to ECMO
The principles of extracorporeal life support started with the first experimental efforts of Jean Baptiste Denis who circa 1693 performed a cross-transfusion of the blood of a human with the “gentle humors of ...
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It is generally believed that there is a beneficial effect of collaterals on death and re-infarction statistics in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) but studies to date are small and inconsistent.
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Seasonal variation in aquatic food web structure at Mad Island Marsh, Matagorda Bay, Texas, was examined using dietary information obtained from the analysis of gut contents from large samples of fish and crus...
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