Outflow tract ventricular arrhythmias (OTVAs) are diagnosed by interpreting suggestive
features from 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) and they are commonly treated by
radiofrequency ablation (RFA). High success rates ...
At the end of December 2019, it was found that a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was
causing pneumonia-like illness in the city of Wuhan, China. This virus started to spread
very rapidly causing a global large-scale infection. ...
The lack of standardized pipelines for image processing, together with the noisy nature of data, challenges the application of deep learning (DL) techniques for the segmentation of cardiovascular structures in 4D-flow ...
After more than 50 years of investigations, gene therapy has become one of the most
promising options for treating genetic diseases. The advances in polymer-based
specifically polycation-based, DNA delivery systems have ...
Maintaining a good level of anesthesia along a surgery is essential both for intraoperative and postoperative outcomes. General anesthesia is a combination of a hypnotic effect, to achieve an unconscious level, and an ...
In the last decades, the increasing development of novel computer-based technologies
has led to the introduction of striking innovations in many fields of medicine. Yet,
while imaging has radically evolved, how images ...
Atrial fibrillation (AF), which is considered the most common human arrhythmia, drastically
increases the risk of stroke. Around 99% of thrombi in non-valvular AF are formed in the
left atrial appendage (LAA). The current ...
Nearly one third of all epilepsy patients are not able to control their epileptic seizures with
standard epilepsy medication. For these patients, surgical treatment is the main alternative,
which consists on the resection ...
Innovation in medical technologies has a lot of shapes and comes from a variety of sources. One of the dimensions in which it can be classified is the motor of the innovation, either the market or the technology. Innovation ...
Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder affecting people of all ages. Despite
the principal treatment involving drugs covers a high percentage of the patients suffering
from this disease, it is not always ...
Current research suggests that modifiable lifestyle factors can enhance the “cognitive
reserve” and protect against age related cognitive decline. Hence, bilingualism, which is
thought to improve executive functions, has ...
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) has become a global health issue that presents multiple factors involved in its development. This complexity induces difficulties for
diagnosis and monitoring, leading up to a 47% of imprecise ...
Electromyographs (EMG) are records of the electrical activity produced by skeletal muscles contraction. The shape of the EMG contains relevant information about the neuromuscular state of the muscle. EMG signals are obtained ...
Pharmaceutical industry is one of the most relevant activities and plays a major role in
economics and the provision of global health. It is known that the processes of developing
new compounds and its entry to the market ...
As new decade begins, healthcare system will continue to face challenges of the past as
well as new issues that emerge: prolonged life expectancy along with the increasing
complexity of chronic treatment, changing patient ...
Even though the THA surgical procedure is considered to be among the most
successful, safe and cost-effective surgical procedures, implant failures related to
prosthesis design and placement still occur in a considerable ...
Heart failure is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the world. Late gadolinium
enhanced (LGE) cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging can be used to directly
visualise the presence of myocardial damage, a ...
Introduction: The fetal face provides essential information in the evaluation of congenital
malformations and the fetal brain function, as its development is driven by genetic factors at
early stages of embryogenesis. ...
Computational models can be a valuable tool for optimizing electrode placement and reducing
non-responders rates in those patients requiring cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Most
of these computer models are ...
INTRODUCTION. Cerebral palsy (CP) is one of the most common causes of gait
deviation in children. A lot of clinical and research effort is put in order to improve or
maintain the walking ability of the affected patients ...