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How To Prevent Perioperative Myocardial Injury: The Conundrum Continues, Jian-Zhong Sun, David Maguire
How To Prevent Perioperative Myocardial Injury: The Conundrum Continues, Jian-Zhong Sun, David Maguire
Department of Anesthesiology Faculty Papers
BACKGROUND: Perioperative myocardial injury (PMI) remains a major cause of perioperative morbidity and mortality but clinical strategies to prevent PMI are still uncertain.
METHODS AND RESULTS: We comprehensively searched PubMed for major research articles concerning clinical strategies to prevent PMI. The key findings are as follows: (1) the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guideline update for perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery is very useful to stratify cardiac risk preoperatively; (2) cardiac troponin has emerged as a biomarker to diagnose postoperative PMI and to predict clinical outcomes; (3) coronary revascularization before noncardiac surgery probably would provide cardiac protection in …
Concave Pit-Containing Scaffold Surfaces Improve Stem Cell-Derived Osteoblast Performance And Lead To Significant Bone Tissue Formation., Antonio Graziano, Riccardo D'Aquino, Maria Gabriella Cusella-De Angelis, Gregorio Laino, Adriano Piattelli, Maurizio Pacifici, Alfredo De Rosa, Gianpaolo Papaccio
Concave Pit-Containing Scaffold Surfaces Improve Stem Cell-Derived Osteoblast Performance And Lead To Significant Bone Tissue Formation., Antonio Graziano, Riccardo D'Aquino, Maria Gabriella Cusella-De Angelis, Gregorio Laino, Adriano Piattelli, Maurizio Pacifici, Alfredo De Rosa, Gianpaolo Papaccio
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty Papers
BACKGROUND: Scaffold surface features are thought to be important regulators of stem cell performance and endurance in tissue engineering applications, but details about these fundamental aspects of stem cell biology remain largely unclear.
METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS: In the present study, smooth clinical-grade lactide-coglyolic acid 85:15 (PLGA) scaffolds were carved as membranes and treated with NMP (N-metil-pyrrolidone) to create controlled subtractive pits or microcavities. Scanning electron and confocal microscopy revealed that the NMP-treated membranes contained: (i) large microcavities of 80-120 microm in diameter and 40-100 microm in depth, which we termed primary; and (ii) smaller microcavities of 10-20 microm in diameter …