Publications by authors named "E Villanueva"

Hydatid disease, caused by the larval stages of Echinococcus species, poses a significant public health challenge, especially in resource-limited cattle-producing areas of South America. The number of cases in children under the age of 15 is nearly 16% of the total cases in South America according to the latest report of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The presentation of the disease depends on the anatomic location and correlates with the parasitic life stage.

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Resident teaching of medical students is integral to medical education; however, there are few studies surveying residents, especially U.S. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) residents, about their perspectives on teaching medical students.

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  • * A cross-sectional approach was employed, analyzing patients over 18 with specific heart failure criteria, and a pyrophosphate bone scintigraphy (PYP) was used to diagnose ATTR-CM.
  • * Results showed that 19% of the patients tested positive for ATTR-CM, indicating it's a significant concern among this population and suggesting that routine screening for the condition is warranted.
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Proteins are responsible for most intracellular functions, which they perform as part of higher-order molecular complexes, located within defined subcellular niches. Localization is both dynamic and context specific and mislocalization underlies a multitude of diseases. It is thus vital to be able to measure the components of higher-order protein complexes and their subcellular location dynamically in order to fully understand cell biological processes.

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Objectives: Patients diagnosed with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) often experience poor outcomes due to the development of heart failure (HF). Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) has been found to be correlated with adverse outcomes in patients with HF. This study aims to assess whether the presence of significant TR is associated to adverse cardiac outcomes in patients diagnosed with ATTR-CM.

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