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4-Dimensional Cardiac Modelling of Multi-phase Computed Tomography for Predicting Outcomes Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Dec 10, 2024 | onlinecjc.ca | James White |Mohamad Rabbani |Ali Fatehi Hassanabad |Alessandro Satriano |Dina Labib |Carmen P. Lydell | +10 more

KEYWORDS TAVR Three Dimensional Strain Left Ventricle Computed Tomography Prognosis ABBREVIATIONS AS (Aortic stenosis) 3D-MDA (Three-dimensional Myocardial Deformation Analysis) CCS (Canadian Cardiovascular Society) ICD-10 (International Classification of Disease-10) minPS (Minimum Principal Strain) mpCTA (multi-phase computed tomography angiography) NYHA (New York Heart Association) PS (Principal strain) STS-PROM (Society of Thoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of Mortality) TAVR (Transcatheter...
New Zealand loses first naval ship to sea since WW2

Oct 6, 2024 | msn.com | Aleks Phillips |Michael Bristow

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New Zealand loses first naval ship to sea since WW2

Oct 6, 2024 | aol.com | Aleks Phillips |Michael Bristow

October 6, 2024 at 7:54 AMAll 75 people on board have now safely been rescued [Reuters]The Royal New Zealand Navy has lost its first ship to the sea since World War Two, after one of its vessels ran aground off the coast of Samoa. The HMNZS Manawanui, a specialist diving and ocean imaging ship, came into trouble about one nautical mile from the island of Upolu on Saturday night local time, while conducting a survey of a reef. It later caught fire before capsizing.
Daihatsu pauses production over safety scandal

Dec 26, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Faarea Masud |Michael Bristow

Toyota-owned carmaker Daihatsu has closed all four of its plants until the end of January, after admitting it had falsified safety tests. Daihatsu admitted that it had been manipulating safety tests on 64 makes for three decades. Its headquarters in Osaka, Japan was the last to close, on 25 December. The scandal puts in jeopardy 9,000 workers in the country and could affect global car giant Toyota's reputation. Of the 64 models involved in the scandal, 24 are sold with Toyota branding.
Beijing shivers through coldest December on record

Dec 24, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Michael Bristow

The Chinese capital, Beijing, has experienced its coldest December since records began in 1951. Temperatures in the city have frequently fallen below -10C this month. It has been a year of extremes in the capital: six months ago, Beijing recorded its hottest ever June day - just over 40C. China has been hit with several waves of extremely cold weather already this winter. Parts of northern Japan have seen huge snowfall, and South Korea has been battling freezing temperatures.
Beijing shivers through coldest December on record

Dec 24, 2023 | flipboard.com | Michael Bristow

3 hours agoMore than 87,000 people have been resettled after the 6.2-magnitude quake, which struck a remote mountainous area between Gansu and Qinghai provinces on Dec. 18. BEIJING — The death toll from China’s most powerful earthquake in years has risen to 149, with two people still missing after the tremor …
Beijing shivers through coldest December on record

Dec 24, 2023 | aol.com | Michael Bristow |Kathryn Armstrong

Beijing shivers through coldest December on recordMichael Bristow & Kathryn Armstrong - BBC NewsDecember 25, 2023 at 4:03 AMMore than 300 hours of below-freezing temperatures have already been recorded in Beijing this monthThe Chinese capital, Beijing, has experienced its coldest December since records began in 1951. Temperatures in the city have frequently fallen below -10C this month.
How carvedilol does not activate β2-adrenoceptors - Nature Communications

Nov 30, 2023 | nature.com | Robert J. Lefkowitz |Howard A. Rockman |Paul J. Shim |Samuel E. Liu |Seungkirl Ahn |Sudarshan Rajagopal | +3 more

arising from T. Benkel et al. Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34765-w (2022)The introduction of β-adrenergic receptor blockers, “β-blockers”, as a treatment for heart failure decades ago was a major advance in cardiovascular medicine1,2,3,4. Moreover, it has been clear for a number of years that some β-blockers with “intrinsic sympathomimetic activity” (ISA) due to weak partial agonist activity mediated through G protein stimulation did not share this salutary effect5,6.
Assessment of Autophagy Markers Suggests Increased Activity Following LVAD Therapy:

Sep 1, 2023 | jacc.org | Thomas Martin |Miranda A. Juarros |Joseph C. Cleveland |Michael Bristow

IntroductionHeart disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the industrialized world.
‘Não são estrangeiros, são nossos vizinhos’: o projeto sul-coreano que prepara desertores da Coreia do Norte para nova vida

Jul 15, 2023 | correiobraziliense.com.br | Michael Bristow

COREIAS O número de norte-coreanos que fazem a difícil e perigosa jornada para a Coreia do Sul, para escapar da pobreza e da repressão caiu significativamente nos últimos anos Michael Bristow - Da BBC News em Seul postado em 15/07/2023 22:31 A cerca de duas horas de carro da capital sul-coreana, Seul, em um cenário rural de colinas arborizadas e plantações de arroz, ergue-se um complexo de edifícios que parece deslocado.