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Long-term outcome of ventricular tachycardia ablation in patients who did not undergo programmed electrical stimulation after ablation
Ventricular arrhythmia inducibility is one of the ideal endpoints of ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation. However, it may be challenging to implement programmed electrical stimulation (PES) at the end of the...
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Open AccessImpact of small diameter and low level of emission laser coronary atherectomy in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Excimer laser coronary atherectomy (ELCA) is an effective treatment to remove intracoronary thrombi. In the present study, we compared in-hospital mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) w...
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Safety and effectiveness of intracardiac echocardiography in ventricular tachycardia ablation: a nationwide observational study
Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) utilized in conjunction with three-dimensional (3-D) map** systems could enhance ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation procedures. ICE has been increasingly used in VT abl...
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Catheter ablation for monomorphic ventricular tachycardia in Brugada syndrome patients: detailed characteristics and long-term follow-up
Brugada syndrome (BrS) is a risk of sudden cardiac death due to polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation with unusual monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (MVT). Detailed characteristics...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Interaction Between Water or Air-Water Bubble Flow and Tube Bundle—Effects of Arrangement of Tube Bundle and Void Fraction
Water or air-water bubble flow passing through tube bundle can be seen in many industrial equipments such as heat exchanger and chemical equipment. In addition, tube bundle can be used as a flow-straightener, ...
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Middle fascicle as a common retrograde limb in two left upper septal interfascicular reentrant ventricular tachycardias: a case report
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Development of delayed cardiac tamponade 55 days after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation with a new oral anticoagulant
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Successful catheter ablation for retrograde limb of inter-fascicular reentrant ventricular tachycardia in a case with an electrical storm
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A copper-containing oxidase catalyzes C-nitrosation in nitrosobenzamide biosynthesis
A variety of natural C-nitroso compounds are known, but the path to these important functional groups has been a mystery. Elucidation of the biosynthetic route to an iron chelator now reveals a tyrosinase-like...
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Effect of Thermal Treatment on High-Temperature Mechanical Properties Enhancement in LPPS, HVOF, and APS CoNiCrAlY Coatings
The mechanical properties of a MCrAlY coating significantly influence the initiation of cracks in the superalloy substrate under thermomechanical-fatigue conditions. Previous studies have developed a convenien...
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Mitochondrial GTPase mitofusin 2 mutation in Charcot–Marie–Tooth neuropathy type 2A
Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease (CMT) has been classified into two types, CMT1 and CMT2, demyelinating and axonal forms, respectively. CMT2 has been further subdivided into eight groups by linkage studies. CMT2A i...
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Ultrastructural study of glycogen-rich oxyphilic adenoma of the nasopharyngeal minor salivary gland
A glycogen-rich adenoma occurring in the minor salivary gland of the nasopharynx in a 41-year-old woman was studied ultrastrucrurally. The cytoplasm of the tumour cells was abundantly filled with glycogen part...
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Malignant parotid gland tumors and facial nerve paralysis
During the last three decades, 586 cases of parotid gland tumor have been extirpated in our clinic. The tumors were malignant in 170 cases and, of these, facial nerve paralysis was observed at first examinatio...
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Histopathological studies on parotid gland tumors in Japanese children
Thirty-two cases of parotid gland tumors in Japanese children (under 16 years of age; 5.5% of total of 580 tumors) were examined and classified histopathologically. The results obtained were as follows.
