Patients younger than 70 undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Procedural outcomes and mid-term survival

Introduction: Based on recent data, the indication for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is expanding to individuals at lower surgical risk, who are generally younger than subjects historically treated for severe aortic stenosis.Indeed, younger patients have traditionally been under-represented in current TAVI literature.The aim of the

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The characterization and renovation of parterre floor tiles in the pilgrimage church of St. John of Nepomuk (Czech Republic)

The Pilgrimage Church of St.John of Nepomuk is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.This article presents the restoration work on a critically damaged parterre floor, involving the identification of the materials of the original tiles, the manufacture of replicas, and the design of the final tile layout.The original arrethe bush balm floor layout consistin

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Wavelet-based Gaussian-mixture hidden Markov model for the detection of multistage seizure dynamics: A proof-of-concept study

Abstract Background Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder characterized by recurrent electrophysiological activities, known as seizures.Without the appropriate detection strategies, these seizure episodes can dramatically affect the quality of life for those afflicted.The click here rationale of this study is to develop an unsupervised algorit

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