Background Acute pulmonary embolism remains a significant cause of mortality and
morbidity worldwide. Benefit of recently developed multidisciplinary PE response teams (PERT) …

Studies in human populations have shown a significant correlation between procollagen C-endopeptidase
enhancer protein 2 (PCPE2) single nucleotide polymorphisms and plasma …

There have been increasing reports of atypical neuropsychological symptoms among
patients hospitalized with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Although numerous …

Methods We analyzed the following NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) transcriptome datasets from patients with IPF and healthy …

Background The primary objective was to provide proof of concept of conducting thoracic
surgical simulation in a low-middle income country. Secondary objectives were to accelerate …

Background Benchmarking operative volume and resources is necessary to understand
current efforts addressing thoracic surgical need. Our objective was to examine the impact on …

PURPOSE: To determine changes in utilization of advanced therapies in the management
of acute intermediate and high risk PE in the PERT era compared to pre-PERT era at the …

Cytokines/chemokines and their receptors have been an important consideration when
investigating the role of inflammation in atherosclerosis. In humans and animal models, …

Epidemiological studies have shown an inverse correlation between plasma high density
lipoprotein (HDL) concentrations and cardiovascular disease risk. At variance with these …

Background: Access to safe surgery is critical to health, welfare and economic development.
In 2015, the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (LCoGS) recommended that all …