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In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume3, Number 1, 2018, pp. pp. 61-71(11); DOI: 10.15212/CVIA.2017.0030, Michael R....

Atrial arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation in congenital heart disease: Mechanisms, substrate identification and interventional approaches

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume3, Number 1, 2018, pp. pp. 41-59(19); DOI: 10.15212/CVIA.2017.0053, Jerold S....

Drug resistance genes shared among bacteria in hospitals can be deadly

June 10, 2018 - Atlanta, GA - A hospital outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) became more worrisome when researchers found...

Left ventricular systolic function after pulmonary valve replacement

Evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Function after Pulmonary Valve Replacement Using Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging In the current issue of...

Development of vaccines from AIDS to Zika, using a novel ‘plug and play’ viral platform

June 10, 2018 - Atlanta, GA - Researchers from GeoVax have developed a flexible "Plug and Play" technology platform that...

The surgical management of Ebstein anomaly

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume3, Number 1, 2018, pp. pp. 13-20(8); DOI 10.15212/CVIA.2017.0052, Karl M....

Treg cells protect babies from getting HIV infection from their mothers

June 10, 2018 - Atlanta, GA - Scientists now report that Treg cells, a type of regulatory lymphocyte, may be...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension medical management of the adult patient with CHD

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Medical Management of the Adult Patient with Congenital Heart Disease In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations...

Bacteriophages: Are they an overlooked driver of Parkinson’s disease?

June 10, 2018 - Atlanta, GA - In the first study of its kind, researchers from the New York-based Human...

Weekly injections of PRO 140 in combination with optimized ART shows HIV-1 viral suppression

June 9, 2018 - Atlanta, GA - Results from a pivotal trial of PRO 140, a new HIV therapy, show...

First look at the new 2018 European guidelines for the treatment of high blood pressure

Barcelona June 9, 2018 - A first look at the new European Guidelines for the treatment of high blood pressure...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in the US presents a triple threat

June 9, 2018 - Atlanta, GA - Researchers from the Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center describe the first strain of carbapenem-resistant,...

Kitchen towels could contribute to the growth of potential pathogens that cause food poisoning

June 9, 2018 - Atlanta, GA - Researchers from the University of Mauritius have shown that factors such as family...

Colistin-resistant multidrug-resistant bacteria pervasive in rural Vietnam town

June 9, 2018 - Atlanta, GA - A new study has found that the majority of residents in a rural...

Bifidobacteria supplement colonizes gut of breastfed infants

Supplementing breastfed infants with activated Bifidobacterium infantis (B. infantis) bacteria had a positive impact on babies' gut microbes for up...

Oldest plague bacteria genome analyzed by Russian-German team

The team comprised researchers from Kazan Federal University and Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. The bacteria...

New method helps make orthotopic brain-tumor imaging clearer and faster

June 8, 2018

Credit: ZHENG Hairong Nowadays, tumors inside the complex central nervous system remain one of the most challenging cancers to diagnose....

Consumers beware: High user ‘star ratings’ dont mean a mobile medical app works

June 8, 2018

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) By screening 250 user reviews and comments for a once popular -- but proven inaccurate -- mobile...

Virtual brain gives insights into memory deficits in depression