Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in women in the United States and in every major developed country in the world (Gholizadeh and Davidson, Health Care Women Int 29(1):3–22, 2008). While the percentage of deaths attributable to
Buechel E, Kaiser T, Jackson C, Schmitz A, Kellenberger C: Normal right- and left ventricular volumes and myocardial mass in children measured by steady state free precession cardiovascular magnetic resonance. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 2009, 11: 19-10.1186/1532-429X-11-19. Pu...
The hookah or hookah apparatus is composed of an upper and lower compartment connected by a pipe (Fig.2). Briefly, the top consists of a bowl where tobacco or molasses are placed then covered with perforated aluminum foil above which burning charcoal is placed. On the bottom of the apparatus...
The user or the person preparing the hookah (Fig.2) starts by loading the tobacco into the bowl before wrapping the head with aluminum foil and then perforating the foil by using a screen pincher or toothpick. After that, the “ignited” charcoal is placed on the top perforated foil to in...
Mattock MB, Morrish NJ, Viberti G, Keen H, Fitzgerald AP, Jackson G. Prospective study of microalbuminuria as predictor of mortality in NIDDM. Diabetes. 1992;41:736–741. Abstract/FREE Full Text Microalbuminuria Collaborative Study Group United Kingdom. Risk factors for development of microalbuminu...
Jackson, MJ; Bicknell, CD; Zervas, V; Cheshire, NJ; Sherwin, SJ; Giordana, S; Peiró, J; Papaharilaou, Y; Doorly, DJ; Caro, CG. Three-dimensional reconstruction of autologous vein bypass graft distal anastomoses imaged with magnetic resonance: Clinical and research applications. J. Vasc. ...
The long-term patency of the vascular graft is a challenging goal for the vascular surgeon. After the early stages of graft acceptance, the degree of functionality of the developing grafted vessel is regulated by physical and biorheological forces (shear stress, wall pressure, particle deposition)...