In vaccine development, broadly or cross-type neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs or cnAbs) are frequently targeted to enhance protection. Utilizing immunodominant antibodies could help fine-tune vaccine immunogenicity and augment the precision of immunization strategies. However, the methodologies to capitalize on the attributes of bnAbs in vaccine design have not been clearly elucidated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBrugada phenocopy (BrP) refers to a group of clinical conditions that have etiologies distinct from Brugada syndrome (BrS). Although both demonstrate features of ST-segment elevation in the right precordial leads on the electrocardiogram (ECG), one must be distinguished from the other as their treatment options are different. We report a male patient who presented with recurrent syncope with a Brugada and a S1Q3T3 pattern on the ECG.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of a fixed dose combination of telmisartan 80 mg plus hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) 12.5 mg (TH) to telmisartan 80 mg (T) in Chinese patients who failed to respond adequately to treatment with T.
Method: This is a multi-center, randomized, double-blind, double-dummy clinical study.
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi
January 2007
Objective: To investigate drug treatment of inpatients with chronic heart failure(CHF) during the past 30 years in some areas and to provide more information on the treatment strategy of CHF.
Methods: In two centers a retrospective study was conducted. All data were taken from the hospitalized cases with chronic heart failure.
Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi
September 2005
Objective: To investigate the change of the mortality of AMI and influence factors within 20 years.
Methods: Clinic data of 134 AMI patients from 1980 to 1983, 354 AMI patients from 1990 to 1993 and 817 AMI patients from 2000 to 2003 were comparably analyzed.
Results: In hospital mortality of AMI was 22.
Zhongguo Wei Zhong Bing Ji Jiu Yi Xue
August 2003
Objective: To identify the predictors of death and reinfarction in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) treated with urokinase (UK) thrombolysis or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA).
Methods: In ambispective cohort study, 97 cases of AMI were treated with UK thrombolytic therapy, while 93 cases of AMI were treated with PTCA. The patients' data about clinical outcome during hospital and follow-up periods were collected.