Background: Conduction system pacing (CSP), often accomplished with lumenless pacing leads, is increasingly employed to achieve physiologic ventricular activation. Extraction of CSP leads has raised concerns about damage to the conduction system,...
BACKGROUND: Evidence suggests individuals accrue similar health benefits regardless of exercise session frequency or duration so long as total daily or weekly exercise amounts are held constant. However, it is unknown whether variations in weekly...
Background: Sarcoidosis is a multi-system inflammatory disease characterized by noncaseating granulomas, for which the current mainstay of treatment is steroids and/or other immunosuppressing agents. There is a need to better understand the...
Objectives: Endothelial colony-forming cells (ECFCs) in circulating blood represent an attractive cell source for cellularizing engineered valve scaffolds that may function as living valve replacements with durability and growth potential. In...