Patrick Gill Asthma Education Center (AEC) in Charlottetown Prince
Edward Island (PEI) between January 1, 2003 and March 31, 2008 compared to 2799 controls selected from a list of PEI asthma patients developed for the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance see more System (CCDSS). Methods: Hurdle regression was used to model counts of PCVs and negative binomial models were used to model counts of EDVs at 12 months prior to AEC contact and 0-1, >1 to 2 and >2 to 3 years after AEC contact. The PEI Research Board approved the project. Results: No-show referrals had a significant increase in pediatric EDVs and PCVs in the first year after referral. The higher rates of PCVs and EDVs prior to contact with the AEC in patients referred to the AEC were reduced after contact with the AEC, although they remained significantly higher than the CCDSS controls. Conclusions: Compared to patients who attended the
AEC, referred patients who did not attend the AEC did not achieve similar reductions in pediatric EDVs and PCVs in the first year after referral.”
“In-stent restenosis (ISR) is a common phenomenon with bare metal stents (BMSs) in the early stage after implantation. However, ISR occurs at a lower rate with long time after BMS implantation. We assessed changes over time in neointimal hyperplasia following BMS implantation using integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound (IB-IUVS). Thirty-six patients who received target lesion revascularization (TLR) to treat ISR were classified according to the duration of the interval between stent implantation and TLR: the early group (within first year n = Akt inhibitor drugs 25) and the VL group (very late ISR a parts per thousand yen5 years, n = 11). IB-IUVS
was used to evaluate within-stent sites from the proximal to the distal edge of the stent. IB-IVUS color maps were GANT61 cell line then constructed by tracing the stent struts and vessel lumen. Neointimal tissue was classified as high-IB (IB <-29 dB; a representative cord of calcification), middle-IB (-49 dB a parts per thousand currency sign IB < -29 dB; fibrosis), or low-IB (-49 dB a parts per thousand currency sign IB; lipid pool). We compared percent (%) volume, average %area of cross-sectional area (CSA), and %area of minimum CSA of each component between the groups. There were no significant differences in %volume, average %area of CSA, or %area of minimum CSA for the high-IB component between groups. The %low-IB components were 20.0 +/- A 8.8 % for volume, 20.1 +/- A 8.9 % for mean CSA, and 17.6 +/- A 8.5 % for minimum CSA in the early group. On the other hand, in the VL group, the %low-IB components were significantly increased to 31.8 +/- A 7.9 % for volume (p < 0.01 vs. the early group), 31.2 +/- A 7.6 % for mean CSA (p < 0.01 vs. the early group), and 33.1 +/- A 12.3 % for minimum CSA (p < 0.01 vs. the early group).