Semantic segmentation in skin surface microscopic images with artifacts removal.

Skin surface imaging has been used to examine skin lesions with a microscope for over a century and is commonly known as epiluminescence microscopy, dermatoscopy, or dermoscopy. Skin surface microscopy has been recommended to reduce the necessity of biopsy. This imaging technique could improve the clinical diagnostic performance of pigmented skin lesions.

Low-dose warfarin with a novel mechanical aortic valve: Interim registry results at 5-year follow-up.

Objectives: To evaluate whether warfarin targeted at an international normalized ratio of 1.8 (range, 1.5-2.

Clinical Impact of the Endo-aortic Clamp for Redo Mitral Valve Surgery.

Aim of this study was to compare redo MV surgery patients undergoing right mini-thoracotomy and EAC with redo MV patients undergoing surgery through other approaches. Redo MV patients from 7 European centers were analyzed. Primary endpoint was 30-day mortality; secondary endpoints were stroke, re-exploration, low cardiac output syndrome (LCOS), respiratory failure, and intensive care unit (ICU) and in-hospital length-of-stay.

Subcostal bilateral internal thoracic artery harvesting with the da Vinci Single Port system: an experimental feasibility study.

We evaluated the feasibility of harvesting bilateral internal thoracic arteries with the da Vinci Single Port system (SP) through a single left-sided subcostal incision. Complete bilateral mobilization with sufficiently long conduits for multivessel grafting was possible in 2 human cadavers and 2 live porcine. Creating the subcostal access and docking the SP system took between 14 and 21 min and the total harvest time ranged from 65 to 125 min in all models.