Does high-frequency percussive ventilation improve oxygenation and ventilation in pediatric patients with acute respiratory failure?
In a heterogeneous population of pediatric ARF failing conventional ventilation, HFPV efficiently improves gas exchange in a lung-protective manner.
AF and rapid atrial pacing both increase endocardial VCAM-1 expression, which can be attenuated by angiotensin II receptor blockade. This provides evidence that angiotensin II plays a pathophysiological role in prothrombotic endocardial remodeling.