The paper presents an overview of the 15 year long development of fetal phonocardiography
including the works on the applied signal processing methods for identification of sound …

BACKGROUND: Gastric tube formation is a surgical technique to reestablish the continuity
of the gastrointestinal tract after esophagectomy. Our aims were to study the microcirculatory …

The involvement of potassium channels in the venodilating capacity of the inodilator
levosimendan in human saphenous vein preparations was investigated. Levosimendan caused …

In the present study the vasorelaxing capacity of cromakalim, an ATP-sensitive potassium-channel
(K ATP channel) activator, and that of levosimendan, a new positive inotropic and …

Background Osteoporotic structural damage and bone fragility result from reduced bone
formation and increased bone resorption. In a phase 2 clinical trial, strontium ranelate, an orally …

The fermented wheat germ extract with standardized benzoquinone composition has potent
tumor propagation inhibitory properties. The authors show that this extract induces profound …

Objective This study was undertaken to assess the effect of strontium ranelate on nonvertebral
and vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis in a 5‐year, double‐…

Objective: The prevalence of pulmonary adenocarcinoma has risen worldwide. Bronchioloalveolar
carcinoma (BAC) was studied with regard to whether it exhibits a similar tendency, …

Different risk factors may influence the effectiveness of osteoporosis therapies. The interaction
of 30 baseline risk factors and the effectiveness of raloxifene in the MORE study were …

Background Sarcopenia is defined as an age-related progressive and systemic loss of muscle
mass and function. World Health Organization (WHO) definition of health-related quality of …