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This book seems to be based on a simply brilliant premise viz putting a character together for the reader through the eyes of nine people. Your review makes it sound really interesting. Definitely in my TBR list.

To me, the young woman comes across like a beautiful butterfly flitting from flower to flower in search of love. Finding it in patches and pours, in myriad forms but never in a form to feel at home. Her heart, the nine-chambered heart, is painstakingly seeking solace but is somehow never finding it because she is yet to make peace with her hurt and perhaps her past (given her non-existent relationship with her parents).

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Language is exquisite, a delectable feast for the readers. Narration is another delightful feat which hooks the readers onto the book completely leaving them engrossed across all the nine short stories that has been presented in front of them, offering them a respite with a sheer intensity of grasping more as the time progresses. A riveting read which induces us to look into ourselves, to reach for the stories of our own hearts. A must read, recommended for all.

Stem cell differentiation into a variety of lineages is known to involve signaling from the extracellular niche, including from the physical properties of that environment. What regulates stem cell responses to these cues is there ability to activate different mechanotransductive pathways. Here, we will review the structures and pathways that regulate stem cell commitment to a cardiomyocyte lineage, specifically examining proteins within muscle sarcomeres, costameres, and intercalated discs. Proteins within these structures stretch, inducing a change in their phosphorylated state or in their localization to initiate different signals. We will also put these changes in the context of stem cell differentiation into cardiomyocytes, their subsequent formation of the chambered heart, and explore negative signaling that occurs during disease.

We performed ambulatory 24-hour esophagus ECG in nine patients with dual chamber pacemakers suspect of transient arrhythmias in order to achieve correct and reliable P wave identification during daily life activities. In all patients episodes were observed with varying atrial artifact to left atrial depolarization sequences. These episodes probably reflected presence of atrial fusion systole, an ECG phenomenon which should be taken into account when analyzing ambulatory esophagus ECG. Thus, the ambulatory esophagus ECG revealed its ability to detect spontaneous atrial depolarization in the presence of pacemaker artifact in patients with DDD(R) pacemakers.

Due to the low number of patients our statements are tendency and nondescript. The right heart chamber thromboses verified by TEE are effectively treated with rt-PA. Based on our opinion the lysis activity of rt-PA was faster and more effective than the treatment of streptokinase.

Surgical repair by ventricular septation was accomplished in 16 patients with univentricular heart of the left ventricular type, two atrioventricular (AV) valves, and a left anterior subaortic outlet chamber. There were seven hospital deaths (44%; CL 29% to 60%), six from low cardiac output, including each of five patients with outlet foramen obstruction (100%; LC 68% to 100%), In the subset of 11 patients with unobstructed outlet foramen, there were only two deaths (18%; CL 6% to 38%), both in patients with small ventricular size. Multivariate analysis in the group of 16 patients indicates that small ventricular size and again the presence of outlet foramen obstruction are incremental risk factors for hospital death. No late deaths occurred among nine survivors followed between 2 months and 4 years (median = 1.5 years). Only one patient was taking cardiac medication and each was in New York Heart Association Functional Class I. Late postoperative exercise testing in seven showed good exercise tolerance, although values were below normal for children of similar age. Planned initial palliation, appropriate timing to repair, appropriate patient selection, and improving surgical methods should reduce hospital mortality further. The late functional results are encouraging and support continuation of this surgical procedure in patients with suitable anatomy.

Heart transplant patients who receive new organs before the age of 55 and get them at hospitals that perform at least nine heart transplants a year are significantly more likely than other people to survive at least 10 years after their operations, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.

Examining data from the more than 22,000 American adults who got new hearts between 1987 and 1999, researchers found that roughly half were still alive a decade after being transplanted and further analysis identified factors that appear to predict at least 10 years of life after the operations.

"There are 2,000 to 2,500 heart transplants a year in the U.S. and many people die waiting," says Arman Kilic, M.D., a surgical resident at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and leader of the study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. "We have to be very smart about how to allocate scarce organs, and our research suggests we can predict which patients will live longer with a new heart."

Kilic and his colleagues used information collected by the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) and compared the 9,404 heart transplant recipients who survived for 10 or more years with the 10,373 who did not. Some 3,000 were lost to follow-up.

The researchers found that patients 55 and younger had a 24 percent greater chance of 10-year survival than older patients; those treated at hospitals performing nine or more heart transplants a year had a 31 percent greater chance of 10-year survival than those at lower volume centers; and white patients were 35 percent more likely to survive a decade than minority patients.

Kilic says that nearly half of heart transplant recipients in the study were over 55 and there is debate over how old is too old to undergo the surgery. "After the age of 55, we see the biggest difference in long-term survival," he says. "The chance of surviving for 10 years drops precipitously."

Patients at high-volume centers do better not only because their surgeons likely have more experience with heart transplants, but also because the staff and facilities are likely better equipped to manage the complex post-operative care of these patients and promote good outcomes, Kilic says.

The study results also show the impact on long-term survival of ischemic time, or how long the heart is out of the body as it travels from donor to recipient. For every hour ischemic time was reduced, the researchers found an 11 percent increase in the chance that the recipient would survive for a decade or more.

"These data could be used for both prognosis and allocation purposes," Kilic says. "They help predict which patients have the best chance to derive the longest and most sustainable benefit from the limited number of hearts that become available each year. It also identifies areas that need further research, such as why racial disparities exist in long-term survival following heart transplant."

More than five million Americans suffer from heart failure and, while the majority of these patients can be managed with lifestyle modifications and medication, for those who suffer from severe, end-stage heart failure, transplantation remains the gold standard treatment.

Groups of 10 male and 10 female rats were exposed to divinylbenzene-HP at concentrations of 0, 25, 50, 100, 200, or 400 ppm for 6 hours plus T90 (12 minutes) per day, 5 days per week for 14 weeks. All rats survived to the end of the study. There were no biologically significant changes in body weight in either sex. Nasal/eye discharge was noted in 400 ppm males and 100 ppm females. Kidney and liver weights of exposed groups of males and of 400 ppm females were generally greater than those of the chamber controls. In addition, the relative weights of the heart and testis were significantly increased in 200 and 400 ppm males. Incidences of degeneration of the olfactory epithelium in 200 and 400 ppm rats and basal cell hyperplasia of the olfactory epithelium in rats exposed to 100 ppm or greater were significantly increased.

Groups of 10 male and 10 female mice were exposed to divinylbenzene-HP at concentrations of 0, 12.5, 25, 50, 100, or 200 ppm for 6 hours plus T90 (12 minutes) per day, 5 days per week for 14 weeks. All 200 ppm males and nine 200 ppm females died early. Final mean body weights were significantly lower in males and females exposed to 25, 50, or 100 ppm when compared with chamber controls. Lethargy or hypoactivity was observed in the higher exposure concentration groups. Exposure to divinylbenzene was associated with necrosis of the liver and kidney in 200 ppm males and females dying early. In all exposed groups of male and female mice, there was necrosis of nasal cavity lateral walls, olfactory epithelium, and glands with resultant atrophy of olfactory epithelium and glands in females. A lower number of animals had necrotic or degenerative changes of the upper respiratory tract. 17dc91bb1f