Hypoalbuminemia is common in patients with heart failure, and this condition becomes more
prevalent with increasing age and illness. Hypoalbuminemia is thought to result mainly …

Background— The incidence of embolic events (EE) and death is still high in patients with
infective endocarditis (IE), and data about predictors of these 2 major complications are …

The 39923 World Bank State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2007 Washington, DC - May
2007 Funded by World Bank Institute - CF Assist In cooperation with the International …

OBJECTIVES The aim of our study was to assess the value of transesophageal echocardiography
(TEE) in predicting embolic events (EEs) in a large group of patients with definite …

… (group 4) than in the other groups (p < 0.0001); the incidence of endocardiac involvement
… groups (p = NS). Among minor criteria, fever (p = 0.001) and vascular phenomena (p < 0.01) …

Nowadays nearly all radiation fields used for X-ray diagnostics are pulsed. These fields are
characterised by a high dose rate during the pulse and a short pulse duration in the range of …

The carbon market endured its most challenging year to date in 2009. The global economic
crisis, which started in late 2008 and intensified early in 2009, negatively impacted both the …

… IVRT adjusted for individual HR appeared significantly longer in COPD patients (p < 0.001).
PHT adjusted for HR tended to show a difference but without reaching significance (p = 0.07)…

Background: An accurate estimation of the risk of life-threatening (LT) ventricular tachyarrhythmia
(VTA) in patients with LMNA mutations is crucial to select candidates for implantable …

… -based transactions concluded between January 2005 and April 2006, the buyer had the
intention of selling some of the resulting CERs on the secondary market (Capoor and Ambrosi …