6 results match your criteria: "Freie Universität Berlin; petra.knaus@fu-berlin.de.[Affiliation]"

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  • - The study aimed to explore how therapeutic phlebotomy (bloodletting) affects blood pressure in patients with grade 1 hypertension who are not on medication, comparing results between an intervention group and a control group over 8 weeks.
  • - Results showed that while the intervention group had a slight decrease in mean arterial pressure (-1.12 mmHg), the control group experienced a slight increase (0.43 mmHg), suggesting minimal overall impact of phlebotomy on blood pressure.
  • - Although some patients in the intervention group experienced mild adverse events like dizziness and anemia, there were no serious complications, indicating that the procedure is generally safe but may require more in-depth clinical trials for conclusive results.
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Characterization of Myocardial Microstructure and Function in an Experimental Model of Isolated Subendocardial Damage.

Hypertension

August 2019

From the Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universitaät Berlin, Humboldt-Universitaät zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Pharmacology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Berlin, Germany (N.B., A.F.-L., S.B., J.G., Arne Thiele, U.K.).

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  • - The study investigates how subendocardial damage due to hypertension impacts the structure and function of the heart, highlighting early signs of cardiac problems even in asymptomatic individuals.
  • - Mice induced with subendocardial scarring showed diastolic dysfunction, changes in myocardial deformation, and increased expression of specific biomarkers, while systolic function remained normal.
  • - Advanced imaging techniques indicated that alterations in myocardial microstructure, particularly in subepicardial myofibers, can serve as early indicators for subendocardial fibrosis, with high sensitivity and specificity for predicting cardiac damage.
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Penetrating Foreign Bodies in Head and Neck Trauma: A Surgical Challenge.

Craniomaxillofac Trauma Reconstr

September 2018

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Penetrating foreign bodies of different origins in the head and neck are rare and potentially dangerous injuries, which might pose problems for their detection, primary care, and final treatment. Depending on the severity of the underlying trauma, some injuries present a higher risk for the presence of foreign bodies. Minor wounds, including common lacerations, are likely to be contaminated with loose gravel debris or dental fragments, and need to be distinguished from severe wounds caused by impalement, shootings, stabbings, and explosions.

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SuperDRUG2: a one stop resource for approved/marketed drugs.

Nucleic Acids Res

January 2018

Structural Bioinformatics Group, Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Regular monitoring of drug regulatory agency web sites and similar resources for information on new drug approvals and changes to legal status of marketed drugs is impractical. It requires navigation through several resources to find complete information about a drug as none of the publicly accessible drug databases provide all features essential to complement in silico drug discovery. Here, we propose SuperDRUG2 (http://cheminfo.

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Tumors of the jaws may represent different human disorders and frequently associate with pathologic bone fractures. In this report, we analyzed two affected siblings from a family of Russian origin, with a history of dental tumors of the jaws, in correspondence to original clinical diagnosis of cementoma consistent with gigantiform cementoma (GC, OMIM: 137575). Whole exome sequencing revealed the heterozygous missense mutation c.

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