2023
Interrater reproducibility of the Myoton and durometer devices to quantify sclerotic chronic graft-versus-host disease
Ghosh S, Baker L, Chen F, Khera Z, Vain A, Zhang K, Hood A, Smith H, Chen H, Jagasia M, Tkaczyk E. Interrater reproducibility of the Myoton and durometer devices to quantify sclerotic chronic graft-versus-host disease. Archives Of Dermatological Research 2023, 315: 2545-2554. PMID: 37227518, PMCID: PMC11755669, DOI: 10.1007/s00403-023-02626-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkin sclerosisChronic graftHost diseaseAnatomic sitesAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationHematopoietic stem cell transplantationSclerotic chronic graftLong-term survivorsStem cell transplantationConfidence intervalsCGVHD treatmentSclerotic cGvHDSevere complicationsSkin scoreCurrent gold standardCell transplantationTherapeutic responseClinical reproducibilityCGVHDDorsal forearmMyotonSclerosisVolar forearmHealthy participantsMean pairwise difference
2022
Derivation and Validation of a Model to Predict Clinically Significant Portal Hypertension Using Transient Elastography and FIB-4
Banini BA, Patel S, Yu JW, Kang L, Bailey C, Strife BJ, Siddiqui MS, Patel V, Matherly SC, Lee H, Lewis S, Cherian R, Stravitz RT, Luketic V, Sanyal AJ, Sterling RK. Derivation and Validation of a Model to Predict Clinically Significant Portal Hypertension Using Transient Elastography and FIB-4. Journal Of Clinical Gastroenterology 2022, 57: 189-197. PMID: 34999644, PMCID: PMC9271129, DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0000000000001664.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatic venous pressure gradientSignificant portal hypertensionFIB-4Chronic liver diseaseAdvanced fibrosisPortal hypertensionLiver biopsyLiver diseasePlatelet countPositive predictive value 27Negative predictive value 99Venous pressure gradientTransjugular liver biopsyGold standardInternal bootstrap validationExternal validationLiver histologyFibrosis indexCurrent gold standardTransient elastographyOptimal cutoffBootstrap validationPatientsSpecificity 67Value 99
2018
Measurement and immunophenotyping of pleural fluid EpCAM-positive cells and clusters for the management of non-small cell lung cancer patients
Thompson J, Fan R, Black T, Yu G, Savitch S, Chien A, Yee S, Sen M, Hwang W, Katz S, Feldman M, Vachani A, Carpenter E. Measurement and immunophenotyping of pleural fluid EpCAM-positive cells and clusters for the management of non-small cell lung cancer patients. Lung Cancer 2018, 127: 25-33. PMID: 30642547, PMCID: PMC6657687, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2018.11.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerMalignant pleural effusionPleural fluid samplesEpCAM-positive cellsPD-L1 expressionNSCLC patientsOverall survivalPrognostic informationNon-small cell lung cancer patientsFluid samplesCell lung cancer patientsCox proportional hazards modelInferior overall survivalKaplan-Meier methodNon-malignant groupCell lung cancerLung cancer patientsProportional hazards modelPleural fluid specimensCommon complicationPD-L1Pleural effusionCurrent gold standardCancer patientsLung cancerTime to Move to Earlier Intervention for Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm?
Gryaznov A, Ziganshin B, Elefteriades J. Time to Move to Earlier Intervention for Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm? Structural Heart 2018, 2: 10-22. DOI: 10.1080/24748706.2017.1404664.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThoracic aortic aneurysmBody surface areaAortic aneurysmMost life-threatening complicationsAortic growth rateEarly prophylactic interventionAcute aortic dissectionLife-threatening complicationsPatient/yearProphylactic surgical interventionSpecific genetic aberrationsAortic dissectionAortic sizeAortic diseaseCurrent gold standardSurgical interventionPatient heightProphylactic interventionsThoracic aortaAneurysm diseaseCommon causeFamily historyEarly diagnosisEarly interventionGenetic aberrations
2017
Review of Vascular Graft Studies in Large Animal Models
Liu RH, Ong CS, Fukunishi T, Ong K, Hibino N. Review of Vascular Graft Studies in Large Animal Models. Tissue Engineering Part B Reviews 2017, 24: 133-143. PMID: 28978267, PMCID: PMC6426275, DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2017.0350.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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