Vang Carpenter

Aims Consensus regarding the best screening and follow-up strategy for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is lacking, resulting in heterogeneity in clinical practice. We aimed to evaluate screening and follow-up practices for pregestational type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and GDM in primary care in Belgium. Methods We performed an online survey among…[Read more]

Background Data about the impact of left atrial appendage thrombosis (LAAT) on early safety and mortality in patients undergoing transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TF-TAVI) are scarce. We aimed to investigate the incidence and predictors of LAAT and the outcome associated with this condition in patients treated by TF-TAVI.…[Read more]

A mechanistic link between the marine Si cycle and off-axis H2 production requires a reevaluation of the processes that supplied H2 to prebiotic and early microbial systems, as well as those that balanced ocean-atmosphere redox through time.Whether G protein-coupled receptors signal from endosomes to control important pathophysiological processes…[Read more]