Hypoxia alone increased odds of mortality by 3 while hypotension alone increased odds by 2.5. Ensuring that patients are adequately oxygenated and perfusing is crucial to patient care and this pre ...
Long-term depression (LTD) encompasses a family of synaptic plasticity mechanisms that can be triggered by the synaptic or pharmacological activation of glutamate receptors — in particular ...
Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are increasingly common across the heart failure population. Right ventricular failure (RVF) is a feared complication that can occur in the early post-operative ...
Cardiac hypertrophy is a pathophysiological response to harmful stimuli. The continued presence of cardiac hypertrophy will ultimately develop into heart failure. The mitochondrion is the primary ...
To model stenosis, a microactuator was mounted on a 3D printed platform and connected to a capillary tube (~1 mm diameter). Barrier function was probed by perfusing microvessels with Lucifer yellow + ...