Is thrombolysis an effective and safe therapy in stuck bileaflet mitral valves in the absence of high-risk thrombi?
In clinically stable patients with stuck bileaflet mitral valves and no high-risk thrombi, thrombolysis is highly successful and safe, both in the primary episode and in recurrence. The best thrombolytic regimen is yet to be established.
The reduced expression of laminin-5 gamma 2 in colorectal cancers with deficient DNA mismatch repair may underlie a variant of tumor budding that is relatively nonaggressive.