Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals
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Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann · Jan 2014
Multicenter Study Clinical TrialCardiaMed mechanical valve: mid-term results of a multicenter clinical trial.
Prosthesis choice is a major concern in valvular surgery. ⋯ The CardiaMed mechanical heart valve prostheses meets world standards of safety and efficacy.
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The data of a consecutive series of habitual marijuana smokers were retrospectively evaluated and compared with that of non-marijuana smokers to assess differences between the 2 groups. ⋯ Despite the fact that we were unable to demonstrate that marijuana had a causal role in the development of emphysema, our study showed that marijuana smokers had a higher incidence of inflammatory cells in pathological specimens, which may favor lung injury, thus predisposing to bulla formation.