Background— Inflammation has a pathogenetic role in acute myocardial infarction (MI).
Pentraxin-3 (PTX3), a long pentraxin produced in response to inflammatory stimuli and highly …

Cognitive deficits are a fundamental feature of schizophrenia for which currently no effective
treatments exist. This paper examines the possibility to use transcranial direct current …

Perception routinely integrates inputs from different senses. Stimulus temporal proximity
critically determines whether or not these inputs are bound together. Despite the temporal …

Background: Subacromial balloon spacers have been introduced as a potential treatment
option for patients with massive irreparable rotator cuff tears. However, it is important to …

With the introduction of transcatheter structural heart therapies, cardiologists are increasingly
aware of the importance of understanding anatomical details of left-sided heart structures. …

Prestimulus oscillatory neural activity has been linked to perceptual outcomes during
performance of psychophysical detection and discrimination tasks. Specifically, the power and …

… Cecere’s clinical research interests include innovative therapies and technologies for the
management of heart failure. He has participated in many international clinical trials. …

Background Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) is an increasingly important
diagnosis in solid organ transplant recipients, with rising incidence and mortality. We describe …

Background Frailty is a risk factor for mortality, morbidity, and prolonged length of stay after
cardiac surgery, all of which are major drivers of hospitalization costs. The incremental …

BACKGROUND: Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is common in patients after orthotopic cardiac
transplantation (OHT). Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) used to monitor for rejection may be a …