Myocarditis and valvulitis are inflammatory diseases affecting myocardium and heart valves. Myocarditis, a viral-induced disease of myocardium, may lead to dilated cardiomyopathy and loss of heart function, and valvulitis leads to deformed heart valves and altered blood flow in rheumatic heart disease. Animal models recapitulating these diseases are important for understanding the human conditions. Cardiac myosin is a major autoantigen in heart tissue, and antibodies and T cells to cardiac...

CONCLUSIONS: One Curve™ files demonstrated superior resistance to cyclic fatigue compared to NeoNiTi™ A1 files in double-curvature canals, suggesting their potential advantage in clinical applications requiring enhanced durability.

Percutaneous peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheters demonstrate short-term outcomes comparable to surgically placed catheters but remain underutilized because of concerns regarding long-term durability and limited follow-up data. We retrospectively reviewed 117 PD catheters in 90 patients who initiated PD between 2014 and 2020 at a freestanding home dialysis unit, with follow-up through December 2022. Eighty-three catheters were placed percutaneously by interventionalists and 34 laparoscopically for...

Dementia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults, and urinary tract infections (UTIs) are frequent, clinically significant complications in this population. However, there is limited national evidence describing mortality trends where UTI is listed as the underlying cause of death among individuals with dementia in the United States. We conducted a population-based descriptive study using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for...

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