18. ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE

18. ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE

Background: Aging exerts a number of deleterious changes in the cardiovascular system, and, in particular, on the large arteries.Previous studies have suggested that augmentation index (Aix) and aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV) increase linearly with age, yet epidemiological data concerning arterial stiffness suggest that large artery stiffening p

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Comparative analysis of effectiveness for phage cocktail development against multiple Salmonella serovars and its biofilm control activity

Abstract Foodborne diseases are a major challenge in the global food industry, especially those caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria.Bacteria capable of biofilm formation, in addition to MDR strains, reduce the treatment efficacy, posing a significant threat to bacterial control.Bacteriophages, which are viruses that infect and kill bacteri

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High-resolution contrast-enhanced vessel wall imaging in patients with suspected cerebral vasculitis: Prospective comparison of whole-brain 3D T1 SPACE versus 2D T1 black blood MRI at 3 Tesla.

PurposeVessel wall imaging (VWI) using T1 dark blood MRI can depict inflammation of intracranial arteries in patients with cerebral vasculitis.Recently, 3D VWI sequences were introduced at 3 Tesla.We aimed to compare 2D and 3D VWI for detection of intracranial vessel wall enhancement (VWE) in patients suspected of cerebral vasculitis.Methods44 MRI

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