European journal of clinical investigation
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Eur. J. Clin. Invest. · Jan 2020
Impact of mixed cryoglobulinemia on patients with spontaneous hepatitis C virus clearance: A 13-year prospective cohort study.
The prevalence and associations of mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC) in patients with spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) remain elusive. ⋯ Approximately 1/3 of patients with spontaneous HCV clearance yielded MC, which harboured similar characteristics of MC in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Despite the negligible role of MC in the prognosis of patients with spontaneous HCV clearance, the connection between RF and incident cancer demands further investigation.
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Eur. J. Clin. Invest. · Jan 2020
Women had favourable reverse left ventricle remodelling after TAVR.
Being woman is associated with higher survival rates after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) despite the increase in periprocedural complications. The left ventricle (LV) remodelling process that follows TAVR is considered to play an important role. We aim to investigate whether gender difference affects the process of LV remodelling after TAVR. ⋯ In conclusion, female patients with AS had favourable reverse remodelling with greater and earlier LV mass regression post-TAVR compared with the male patients.