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  • Etiology of end-stage renal disease and arterial stiffness among hemodialysis patients 
    El Ghoul, Balsam; Daaboul, Yazan; Korjian, Serge; El Alam, Andrew; Mansour, Anthony; Hariri, Essa; Samad, Salam; Salameh, Pascale; Dahdah, Georges; Blacher, Jacques; Safar, Michel E.; Bahous, Sola Aoun (2019-06-11)
    Background. Prior studies have demonstrated that conventional and emerging CV risk factors are associated with worsening arterial stiffness among end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on hemodialysis. The present ...
  • The Eurasian Heartland 
    Spencer-Wells, R.; Yuldasheva, Nadira; Ruzibakiev, Ruslan; Underhill, Peter A.; Evseeva, Irina; Blue-Smith, Jason; Jin, Li; Su, Bing; Pitchappan, Ramasamy; Shanmugalakshmi, Sadagopal; Balakrishnan, Karuppiah; Read, Mark; Pearson, Nathaniel M.; Zerjal, Tatiana; Webster, Matthew T.; Zholoshvili, Iraki; Jamarjashvili, Elena; Gambarov, Spartak; Nikbin, Behrouz; Dostiev, Ashur; Aknazarov, Ogonazar; Zalloua, Pierre; Tsoy, Igor; Kitaev, Mikhali; Mirrakhimov, Mirsaid; Chariev, Ashir; Bodmer, Walter F. (2019-07-18)
    The nonrecombining portion of the human Y chromosome has proven to be a valuable tool for the study of population history. The maintenance of extended haplotypes characteristic of particular geographic regions, despite ...
  • EUS Is Superior to CT and MRCP in the Diagnosis of Pancreas Divisum 
    Azar, Riad R.; Kushnir, Vladimir M.; Wani, Sachin B.; Hovis, Christine E.; Early, Dayna S.; Jin, David X.; Mullady, Daniel (2016-09-08)
    Pancreas divisum (PD), is the most common congenital variant of pancreatic anatomy, and is found in ∼10% of the population. It may account for up to 25% of cases of unexplained acute and chronic pancreatitis. ERCP, the ...
  • Evaluating Subepithelial Lesions in the Foregut 
    Azar, Riad R.; Kushnir, Vladimir M.; Hollander, Thomas G.; Kohlmeier, Cara; Mullady, Daniel; Murad, Faris; Edmundowicz, Steven A.; Early, Dayna S. (2016-09-29)
    The majority of foregut subepithelial lesions (SEL) are discovered incidentally during endoscopy or cross-sectional imaging. Consensus guidelines recommend performing EUS to further characterize and sample SELs. For suspected ...
  • Evaluation and management of complications from synthetic mesh after pelvic reconstructive surgery 
    Abbott, Sara; Unger, Cecile A.; Evans, Janelle M.; Jallad, Karl; Mishra, Kevita; Karam, Mickey M. (2019-05-28)
    Objective The purpose of this study was to describe the evaluation and management of synthetic mesh-related complications after surgery for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and/or pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Study ...
  • Evaluation of C-arm CT metal artifact reduction algorithm during intra-aneurysmal coil embolization 
    Chintalapani, Gouthami; Chinnadurai, Ponraj; Srinivasan, Visish; Chen, Stephen R.; shaltoni, Hashem; Morsi, Hesham; Mawad, Michel E.; Kan, Peter (2019-07-11)
    Purpose Flat panel C-arm CT images acquired in the interventional suite provide valuable information regarding brain parenchyma, vasculature, and device status during the procedure. However, these images often suffer from ...
  • Evaluation of nutrition support practices: Results from a nationwide survey 
    Abi Saleh, Wajdy; Bou Khalil, Pierre; Ouaijan, Krystel; Abillama, Fayez; Ahmad, Nehmat; Mattar, Lama (2019-05-28)
    Background Multiple clinical guidelines are available to improve and standardize the delivery of nutrition support. However, recommendations are not being universally applied at the bedside due to challenges of resources ...
  • Evaluation of patients with abnormalities on intraoperative cholangiogram 
    Azar, Riad R.; Bill, Jason G.; Kushnir, Vladimir M.; Mullady, Daniel K.; Murad, Faris M.; Easler, Jeffrey J.; Early, Dayna S.; Edmundowicz, Steven A. (2016-09-29)
    Background Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is currently the method of choice for the postoperative evaluation of suspected bile duct stones seen on intraoperative cholangiogram (IOC); however, the ...
  • Evaluation of Patients With Suspected Bile Duct Stone on Intraoperative Cholangiogram (IOC) 
    Azar, Riad R.; Bill, Jason; Mullady, Daniel; Murad, Faris; Early, Dayna S.; Edmundowicz, Steven A.; Kushnir, Vladimir M. (2016-09-29)
    ERCP is currently the method of choice for the postoperative evaluation of suspected bile duct stones seen on IOC. The false positive rate of IOC has ranged widely in prior studies, from 2-60% and it is unclear whether ...
  • Evaluation of Phosphorylation Signatures in Suspected Pancreatic Cancer Using Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle (EUS-FNA) Aspirates 
    Azar, Riad R.; Wani, Sachin; Wang-Gillam, Andrea; Early, Dayna S.; Kim, Phillip; Mullady, Daniel; Murad, Faris; Langley, Emma (2016-09-22)
  • Evaluation of prophylactic dosages of Enoxaparin in non-surgical elderly patients with renal impairment 
    Chamoun, Nibal; Ghanem, Hady; Hachem, Ahmad; Hariri, Essa; Lteif, Christelle; Mansour, Hanine; Dimassi, Hani; Zalloum, Richard; Ghanem, Geroges (2019-12-20)
    Background Thromboprophylaxis dosing strategies using enoxaparin in elderly patients with renal disease are limited, while dose adjustments or monitoring of anti-Xa levels are recommended. We sought to evaluate the efficacy ...
  • Evaluation of Tc-99m Tetrofosmin Scan for Coronary Artery Disease Diagnosis 
    Ghanem, Georges; Tarcha, Walid; Sokhn, Kozhaya; Hage, Chadi; Yatim, Ahmad; Chammas, Elie (2016-06-15)
    Detection of myocardial perfusion abnormalities using Tc-99m tetrofosmin was evaluated for sensitivity and specificity compared to coronary angiography. Between January 1996 and January 1998, exercise stress tests and ...
  • Evaluation of Tc-99m tetrofosmin scan for coronary artery disease diagnosis 
    Tarcha, Walid; Chammas, Elie; Yatim, Ahmad; HAge, Chadi; Sokhn, Kozhaya; Ghanem, Georges (2019-04-16)
    Detection of myocardial perfusion abnormalities using Tc-99m tetrofosmin was evaluated for sensitivity and specificity compared to coronary angiography. Between January 1996 and January 1998, exercise stress tests and ...
  • Evaluation of waterpipe smoke toxicity in C57BL/6 mice model 
    Abi-Gerges, Aniella; Dagher-Hamalian, Carole; Abou-Khalil, Pamela; Chahine, Joe Braham; Hachem, Pia; Khalil, Christian (2020-09-15)
    Waterpipe smoking is a popular pastime worldwide with statistics pointing to an alarming increase in consumption. In the current paper, the evaluation of sub-chronic waterpipe smoke exposure was undertaken using C57BL/6 ...
  • Evidence‐based anatomy 
    Yammine, Kaissar (2019-06-27)
    Anatomy is a descriptive basic medical science that is no longer considered a research‐led discipline. Many publications in clinical anatomy are prevalence studies treating clinically relevant anatomical variations and ...
  • An evolutionary proteomics approach identifies substrates of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase 
    Stephan, Joseph S.; Budovskaya, Yelena V.; Deminoff, Stephen J.; Herman, Paul K. (National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017-09-22)
    Protein kinases are important mediators of much of the signal transduction that occurs in eukaryotic cells. Unfortunately, the identification of protein kinase substrates has proven to be a difficult task, and we generally ...
  • Exogenous Endophthalmitis in Diabetic Patients 
    El-Mollayess, Georges M.; Saadeh, Joanna S.; Salti, Haytham I. (2022-10-31)
    Diabetes mellitus is a systemic disease that increases the risk of infections. Exogenous endophthalmitis is an inflammatory disease to which diabetic patients are more predisposed to than nondiabetic patients undergoing ...
  • Expanding the donor pool 
    Ramos, Emilio; Aoun, Sola; Harmon, William E. (2019-06-07)
    The short-term success rate of cadaveric renal transplants has improved dramatically during the past decade. In 1990, one-year graft survival rates were about 70%; by 2000, they were greater than 90% (United States Renal ...
  • Experience With Endoscopic Therapy in Patients With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis 
    Azar, Riad R.; Al-Lehibi, Abed H.; Kumar, Nitin; Ammar, Tarek; Murad, Faris; Mullady, Daniel; Early, Dayna S. (2016-09-19)
    Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic, progressive cholestatic disease. Strictures of major bile ducts are a frequent complication. No effective medical treatment exists; endoscopic therapies have been studied, ...
  • Experimental study of the sonographic diagnosis of testicular torsion 
    Zeineh, S.J.; Hricak, H.; Alpers, C.E.; Filly, R.A.; Lue, T.; Tanagho, E.A. (2019-04-16)
    The sonographic and Doppler features of acute spermatic cord torsion were investigated in eight dogs. Serial sonography following torsion demonstrated unambiguous abnormalities in all experimental subjects within one hour. ...

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