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In 2001, the CHADS₂ score (congestive heart failure, hypertension, age ≥75 years, diabetes mellitus, stroke) was developed to predict the risk of stroke in patients with non rheumatic atrial fibrillation.In this score, each patient giving one point for congestive heart failure , hypertension , age
The leading cause of death in the world is due to cardiovascular events, which originate from coronary artery stenosis therefore it affects myocardial blood flow and finally may cause infarction. ST-Segment elevation is an indicator of infarction (STEMI) in electrocardiography (ECG) besides cardiac
Complement activation is one of the pathological mechanisms that contribute to the secondary brain injury after traumatic brain injury. Ficolin-mediated lectin pathways of complement activation contribute to the pathogenesis of ischemic stroke and may be additive to complement-independent
Plan of Investigation:
Patients: 130 children and adolescents (8-21y) with an expected ratio of 60% (n=78) Crohn's disease (CD), 35% (n=45) Ulcerative colitis (UC) 5% (n=6) Indeterminate colitis (IC). 78 age and sex-matched controls will be investigated. Sample size calculations are based on
1. Study Design.
1.1. Patient population. More than 500 coronary artery bypass surgeries (CABG) are performed annually at Jackson Memorial Hospital (JMH), the main teaching hospital of the U of M School of Medicine. The study coordinator works in close collaboration with Dr. Ricci, Co-Investigator.