Background Adults with congenital heart disease represent an expanding and unique
population of patients with heart failure (HF) in whom the use of mechanical circulatory support (…

Objective The study objective was to determine whether significant trends over time have
occurred in resource use associated with the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in …

Background: An increasing number of patients with congenital heart disease are surviving to
adulthood. Consensus guidelines and expert opinion suggest that noncardiac surgery is a …

Background This study assessed trends in heart failure ( HF) hospitalizations and health
resource use in patients with adult congenital heart disease ( ACHD ). Methods and Results …

The Mar Menor (SE Spain), the largest hypersaline coastal lagoon of the Mediterranean basin,
suffers a severe eutrophication crisis due to the nutrients that receives from the Campo de …

Rationale: In 2005, the lung allocation score (LAS) was implemented to prioritize organ
allocation to minimize waiting-list mortality and maximize 1-year survival. It resulted in …

Woodchip bioreactors are widely used to control nitrogen export from agriculture using
denitrification. There is abundant evidence that drying–rewetting (DRW) cycles can promote …

Objectives We sought to examine the trends in perioperative outcomes of kidney cancer surgery
stratified by type (radical nephrectomy [RN] vs. partial nephrectomy [PN]) and approach (…

Intensive agricultural activities, especially in artificially drained agricultural landscapes, generate
a considerable amount of nutrient export, which has been identified as a primary cause …

Objective To examine contemporary outcomes of minimally invasive radical prostatectomy (MIRP)
compared with open prostatectomy, using a national, prospective perioperative …