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View article: Cardiovascular disease as a mediator in the relationship between lifestyle risk factors and cognitive outcomes: a scoping review
Cardiovascular disease as a mediator in the relationship between lifestyle risk factors and cognitive outcomes: a scoping review Open
Dementia is a major global health challenge and lifestyle modification is a key prevention strategy. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is hypothesized to mediate lifestyle–dementia relationships, but empirical evidence is unclear. Mediation ana…
View article: Influence of preoperative frailty on quality of life after cardiac surgery: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Influence of preoperative frailty on quality of life after cardiac surgery: A systematic review and meta‐analysis Open
Background Frailty has emerged as an important prognostic marker of increased mortality after cardiac surgery, but its association with quality of life (QoL) and patient‐centered outcomes is not fully understood. We sought to evaluate the …
View article: Examining anti-inflammatory therapies in the prevention of cardiovascular events: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Examining anti-inflammatory therapies in the prevention of cardiovascular events: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials Open
Introduction Inflammation is emerging as an important risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and has been a recent target for many novel therapeutic agents. However, comparative evidence regarding efficacy of these anti-inf…
View article: Influence of preoperative frailty on quality of life after cardiac surgery: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Influence of preoperative frailty on quality of life after cardiac surgery: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis Open
Background Frailty has emerged as an important prognostic marker of adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery, but evidence regarding its ability to predict quality of life after cardiac surgery is currently lacking. Whether frail patients de…
View article: What Kind of Doctor Do You Want to Be? Geriatric Medicine Podcast as a Career Planning Resource
What Kind of Doctor Do You Want to Be? Geriatric Medicine Podcast as a Career Planning Resource Open
Introduction . For optimal direction in career paths and postgraduate training, students can benefit from information to guide them through options. Using geriatric medicine as a template, the goal was to develop a multimedia podcast resou…
View article: Correlation of Tumor Immunohistochemistry with Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced and DSC-MRI Parameters in Patients with Gliomas
Correlation of Tumor Immunohistochemistry with Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced and DSC-MRI Parameters in Patients with Gliomas Open
With dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging, use of a phase-derived vascular input function and bookend T1 mapping improves the correlation between immunohistochemistry and plasma volume, but not between immunohistochemistry and the volume t…
View article: Comparison of the Diagnostic Accuracy of DSC- and Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI in the Preoperative Grading of Astrocytomas
Comparison of the Diagnostic Accuracy of DSC- and Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI in the Preoperative Grading of Astrocytomas Open
In the preoperative grading of astrocytomas, the diagnostic accuracy of dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging parameters is similar to that of relative CBV.