Objective: Most reported adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination have been transient. However, persistent adverse events may occur with some frequency. This study aimed to analyze patient background characteristics and trends, with a focus on whether adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination were transient or persistent.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 23-year-old man presented with a fever, shaking chills, headaches, nausea, and a dry cough. Investigations showed lymphocytic leukocytosis with atypical lymphocytes in a blood smear. Liver function test results, D-dimer concentrations, and fibrin degradation product concentrations were greatly elevated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn patients undergoing catheter ablation (CA) for atrial fibrillation (AF), the use of uninterrupted direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) is the current protocol. This study evaluated bleeding complications following the uninterrupted use of 4 DOACs in patients undergoing CA for AF without any change in the dosing regimen. Moreover, we assessed differences between once- and twice-daily DOAC dosing in patients undergoing CA for AF who continued on DOACs without any change in the dosing regimen.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe increase of eosinophil levels is a hallmark of type-2 inflammation. Blood eosinophil counts act as a convenient biomarker for asthma phenotyping and the selection of biologics, and they are even used as a prognostic factor for severe coronavirus disease 2019. However, the circulating eosinophil count does not always reflect tissue eosinophilia and vice versa.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere is considerable interest in expanding B cell-targeted therapies in human autoimmune diseases. However, clinical trials in human primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) using a chimeric antibody against human CD20 (hCD20) have showed limited efficacy. Two potential explanations for these disappointing results are the appearance of anti-drug antibodies (ADAs) and the high frequency of patients with moderate PBC or patients who had failed ursodeoxycholic acid treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLamin A and C proteins, encoded by the lamin A/C gene (LMNA), are inner nuclear membrane proteins predominantly expressed in terminally differentiated cells. Mutations in LMNA can cause various forms of cardiomyopathy with arrhythmia in an autosomal dominant manner. We collected and evaluated the clinical characteristics of unclassified familial cardiomyopathy with advanced AV block and sporadic cases with advanced AV block.
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