OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to determine whether obesity is associated with
obstetric complications and cesarean delivery. METHODS: A large prospective multicenter …

The hemodynamic determinants of the time-course of fall in isovolumic left ventricular pressure
were assessed in isolated canine left ventricular preparations. Pressure fall was studied …

Background Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa is a membrane receptor for fibrinogen and von
Willebrand factor, and it has an important role in platelet aggregation. It is known to be involved …

To assess the early topographic changes after acute transmural myocardial infarction, we
studied 28 patients during the first two weeks after infarction by serial two-dimensional …

To study endocardial wall motion and thickness as indexes of infarction, we used two-dimen-sional
echocardiography to examine regional percentages of systolic wall thickening (% Th) …

This paper discusses the problem of accommodating failures in aircraft. Techniques which
may be used to either passively tolerate or actively detect and compensate for component …

The modern era of scientific global‐mean sea level rise (SLR) projections began in the early
1980s. In subsequent decades, understanding of driving processes has improved, and new …

A prospective randomized study of intravenous nitroglycerin (TNG) administered for 48 hr
after acute infarction was undertaken to determine whether clinical improvement and/or …

Three-dimensional (3D) endocardial wall motion and thickening were compared as
quantitative methods for distinguishing ischemic from non-ischemic myocardium and for their …

IRIS is a near-infrared (0.84 to 2.4 micron) integral field spectrograph and wide-field imager
being developed for first light with the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). It mounts to the …