Publications by authors named "A M Wauters"
Background: Children's inability to forget the negative aspects of a painful event is associated with more anticipatory anxiety at an upcoming pain task and lower pain thresholds; however, the impact of forgetting on children's pain outcomes has not been examined. Retrieval-Induced Forgetting (RIF) was experimentally induced to investigate whether children would (1) forget more negative details of a previous painful autobiographic event and; (2) report better pain-related outcomes for an unrelated pain task (i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Left bundle branch area pacing (LBBAP) has gained increased adoption globally with the use of both lumenless leads (LLLs) and stylet-driven leads (SDLs). As these leads have been developed for conventional endocardial pacing sites, concerns remain regarding the lead integrity with LBBAP.
Objectives: This study evaluates lead integrity of pacing leads used for LBBAP in a large, real-world cohort of patients with LBBAP.
Regulating innate immunity is an emerging approach to improve cancer immunotherapy. Such regulation requires engaging myeloid cells by delivering immunomodulatory compounds to hematopoietic organs, including the spleen. Here we present a polymersome-based nanocarrier with splenic avidity and propensity for red pulp myeloid cell uptake.
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- Negatively biased pain memories can lead to worse pain outcomes in children, influenced by attention bias to pain and parental communication.
- A study found that a more supportive parental narrative style—using fewer yes-no questions and more emotional vocabulary—can reduce the negative impact of children's attention bias on their pain memories.
- The results highlight the need for parents to adapt their storytelling approach based on their child's tendency to focus on pain to help mitigate the development of these harmful memories.
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- The study investigates how changes in glucose metabolism in the left atrium are linked to persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) and its persistence.
- Researchers used advanced imaging techniques to evaluate glucose uptake in the left atrium of 36 patients with persistent AF before and after treatment, comparing the results with healthy individuals.
- They found that patients with persistent AF had significantly higher glucose uptake in the left atrium, which decreased after returning to normal heart rhythm, highlighting the potential impact of altered metabolism on AF development.