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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A detailed guide for quantification of myocardial scar with the Selvester QRS score in the presence of electrocardiogram confounders. 
  • A look at uterine wound healing through a histopathological study of uterine scars. 
  • A realistic complication analysis of 70 sural artery flaps in a multimorbid patient group. 
  • A systematic review of the psychometric properties of self-reported scales assessing burn contractures reveals the need for a new tool to measure contracture outcomes. 
  • A treatment strategy for postburn neck reconstruction: emphasizing the functional and aesthetic importance of the cervicomental angle. 
  • Aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibition blocks mucosal fibrosis in human and mouse ocular scarring. 
  • An ECG index of myocardial scar enhances prediction of defibrillator shocks: an analysis of the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial. 
  • Assessment of myocardial scarring improves risk stratification in patients evaluated for cardiac defibrillator implantation. 
  • Association between ICAM-1 Gly-Arg polymorphism and renal parenchymal scarring following childhood urinary tract infection. 
  • Asymmetric retinopathy in patients with diabetes mellitus. 
  • Atypical Cutaneous Presentations of Sarcoidosis: Two Case Reports and Review of the Literature. 
  • Biointegration of the osteo-odonto lamina in the modified osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis: engineering of tissue to restore lost vision. 
  • Body image changes associated with dual-chamber pacemaker insertion in women. 
  • Bone-anchored hearing aid abutment skin overgrowth reduction with clobetasol. 
  • CS-4,6 is differentially upregulated in glial scar and is a potent inhibitor of neurite extension. 
  • Cardiac MRI scar patterns differ by sex in an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization therapy cohort. 
  • Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Scar Imaging for Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Stratification in Patients with Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy. 
  • Cellular mechanisms for diminished scarring with aging. 
  • Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia. 
  • Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia: what has been achieved, current clues for future research. 
  • Changing indications for penetrating keratoplasty in the west of Scotland from 1970 to 1995. 
  • Characterization of Ebola Virus-Associated Eye Disease. 
  • Chronic cicatrizing conjunctivitis in a patient with epidermolysis bullosa acquisita. 
  • Collagen-rich crystalloids in a scarred vascularized cornea. 
  • Completion of the Patient Scar Assessment Scale via a telephone interview. 
  • Congenital erosive and vesicular dermatosis healing with reticulated supple scarring: report of three new cases and review of the literature. 
  • Contribution of prosthetic therapy in the management of nasopharyngeal stenosis following uvulopalatopharyngoplasty. 
  • Coronary Slow Flow Phenomenon - Adding Myocardial Fibrosis to the Equation. 
  • Customizing femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery in a patient with a traumatic corneal scar and cataract. 
  • Damage extent and predictors in adult and juvenile dermatomyositis and polymyositis as determined with the myositis damage index. 
  • Delayed in utero repair of surgically created fetal cleft lip and palate. 
  • Development and Course of Scars in the Comparison of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treatments Trials. 
  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Rosacea Fulminans: A Comprehensive Review. 
  • Differential collagen I gene expression in fetal fibroblasts. 
  • Differential expression of receptor tyrosine kinases and Shc in fetal and adult rat fibroblasts: toward defining scarless versus scarring fibroblast phenotypes. 
  • Discoidin domain receptors and their ligand, collagen, are temporally regulated in fetal rat fibroblasts in vitro. 
  • Distribution of OCT Features within Areas of Macular Atrophy or Scar after 2 Years of Anti-VEGF Treatment for Neovascular AMD in CATT. 
  • Do new tools help us identify substrate to target for ablation in ventricular tachycardia? 
  • Does transendocardial injection of mesenchymal stem cells improve myocardial function locally or globally?: An analysis from the Percutaneous Stem Cell Injection Delivery Effects on Neomyogenesis (POSEIDON) randomized trial. 
  • Durable scar size reduction due to allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell therapy regulates whole-chamber remodeling. 
  • ECG myocardial scar quantification predicts reverse left ventricular remodeling and survival after cardiac resynchronization therapy implantation: A retrospective pilot study. 
  • ECG quantification of myocardial scar and risk stratification in MADIT-II. 
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  • Effects of keratinocyte growth factor-2 (KGF-2) on wound healing in an ischaemia-impaired rabbit ear model and on scar formation. 
  • Effects of nitric oxide releasing poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel dressings on dermal wound healing in diabetic mice. 
  • Ejection fraction in left bundle branch block is disproportionately reduced in relation to amount of myocardial scar. 
  • Emergence of Collagen Orientation Heterogeneity in Healing Infarcts and an Agent-Based Model. 
  • Era of Individualization of the Surgical Treatment of Breast Cancer: Similar Problems Can Sometimes Be Treated Differently. 
  • Expanding our understanding of eye rubbing and keratoconus. 
  • Female pattern hair loss and its relationship to permanent/cicatricial alopecia: a new perspective. 
  • Fetal rat amniotic fluid: transforming growth factor beta and fibroblast collagen lattice contraction. 
  • Five-Year Follow-up of Nonfibrotic Scars in the Comparison of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treatments Trials. 
  • Frontal fibrosing alopecia: a retrospective review of 19 patients seen at Duke University. 
  • Gadolinium cardiovascular magnetic resonance predicts reversible myocardial dysfunction and remodeling in patients with heart failure undergoing beta-blocker therapy. 
  • Growth factors regulate beta-catenin-mediated TCF-dependent transcriptional activation in fibroblasts during the proliferative phase of wound healing. 
  • Homeobox genes Hoxd3 and Hoxd8 are differentially expressed in fetal mouse excisional wounds. 
  • ICG angiography predicts burn scarring within 48 h of injury in a porcine vertical progression burn model. 
  • Impact of Smad3 loss of function on scarring and adhesion formation during tendon healing. 
  • Impact of ostium secundum atrial septal defect closure on the resolution of falsely positive electrocardiographic criteria for myocardial scarring. 
  • In vitro model of glial scarring around neuroelectrodes chronically implanted in the CNS. 
  • Incomplete, intrasubstance strain injuries of the rectus femoris muscle. 
  • Increased Glutaminolysis Marks Active Scarring in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Progression. 
  • Inhibition of epidural scar formation after lumbar laminectomy in the rat. 
  • Intracoronary cardiosphere-derived cells for heart regeneration after myocardial infarction (CADUCEUS): a prospective, randomised phase 1 trial. 
  • Keloids and hypertrophic scars. 
  • Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans in a family. 
  • Laryngeal schwannoma: diagnosis and management. 
  • Late traumatic wound rupture following successful partial penetrating keratoplasty. 
  • Localized Optical Coherence Tomography Precursors of Macular Atrophy and Fibrotic Scar in the Comparison of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treatments Trials. 
  • Long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of suture versus mesh repair of incisional hernia. 
  • Measuring myocardial scar by CMR. 
  • Microsurgical salvage of the intractable oral vestibule. 
  • Modulation of Rho GTPase activity alleviates chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan-dependent inhibition of neurite extension. 
  • Myocardial cell hypertrophy after myocardial infarction with reperfusion in dogs. 
  • Myocardial scar in sarcoidosis by 12-lead ECG and pathology. 
  • Myocardial thinning in patients with coronary artery disease--reply. 
  • Nanoscale laminin coating modulates cortical scarring response around implanted silicon microelectrode arrays. 
  • Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery: lessons learned from the laparoscopic revolution. 
  • Novel use of a flowable collagen-glycosaminoglycan matrix (Integra™ Flowable Wound Matrix) combined with percutaneous cannula scar tissue release in treatment of post-burn malfunction of the hand--A preliminary 6 month follow-up. 
  • Outcomes of Cutaneous Scar Revision During Surgical Implant Removal in Children with Cerebral Palsy. 
  • Pancreatitis complicated by gland necrosis: evolution of findings on contrast-enhanced CT. 
  • Patient-Reported Outcome Instruments for Surgical and Traumatic Scars: A Systematic Review of their Development, Content, and Psychometric Validation. 
  • Pax7 expressing cells contribute to dermal wound repair, regulating scar size through a β-catenin mediated process. 
  • Physiological Implications of Myocardial Scar Structure. 
  • Positron emission tomography in the pretreatment evaluation and follow-up of non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with radiotherapy: preliminary findings. 
  • Presurgical columellar elongation and primary retrograde nasal reconstruction in one-stage bilateral cleft lip and nose repair. 
  • Prevalence of regional myocardial thinning and relationship with myocardial scarring in patients with coronary artery disease. 
  • Protective astrogenesis from the SVZ niche after injury is controlled by Notch modulator Thbs4. 
  • Psychometric Findings for the SCAR-Q Patient-Reported Outcome Measure Based on 731 Children and Adults with Surgical, Traumatic, and Burn Scars from Four Countries. 
  • Psychometric evaluation of Patient Scar Assessment Questionnaire following thyroid and parathyroid surgery. 
  • Pulmonary apical cap. 
  • Radiation dose and screening for vesicoureteral reflux. 
  • Randomized Controlled Trial of Octyl Cyanoacrylate Skin Adhesive versus Subcuticular Suture for Skin Closure after Implantable Venous Port Placement. 
  • Renal scarring and urinary tract infection after successful endoscopic correction of vesicoureteral reflux. 
  • Repair of the traumatically ruptured gravid uterus. A report of two cases resulting in viable pregnancies. 
  • Reply: Taking surgical advancements in the developing world to heart-a case for trickle-up innovation? 
  • Retinopathy of prematurity. Diagnosis, severity, and natural history. 
  • Right, but not left, bundle branch block is associated with large anteroseptal scar. 
  • Role of TGF-beta1 in renal parenchymal scarring following childhood urinary tract infection. 
  • Scar burden assessed by Selvester QRS score predicts prognosis, not CRT clinical benefit in preventing heart failure event and death: A MADIT-CRT sub-study. 
  • Scar formation in young and aged rabbits. 
  • Scar perceptions after thyroid and parathyroid surgery: comparison of minimal and conventional approaches. 
  • Scars Matter: The Importance of Incision Decisions in Bariatric Patients. 
  • Specificity for each of the 46 criteria of the Selvester QRS score for electrocardiographic myocardial scar sizing in left bundle branch block. 
  • Subretinal Hyperreflective Material in the Comparison of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treatments Trials. 
  • Summary of North American Hair Research Society (NAHRS)-sponsored Workshop on Cicatricial Alopecia, Duke University Medical Center, February 10 and 11, 2001. 
  • Temporal spatial expression and function of non-muscle myosin II isoforms IIA and IIB in scar remodeling. 
  • The Effect of Microporous Polysaccharide Hemospheres on Wound Healing and Scarring in Wild-Type and db/db Mice. 
  • The Fontan right atrium--in context. 
  • The ability of the electrocardiogram in left bundle branch block to detect myocardial scar determined by cardiovascular magnetic resonance. 
  • The connexin 43 carboxyl terminal mimetic peptide αCT1 prompts differentiation of a collagen scar matrix in humans resembling unwounded skin. 
  • The modified Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale: a novel approach to defining pathologic and nonpathologic scarring. 
  • The nucleic acid scavenger polyamidoamine third-generation dendrimer inhibits fibroblast activation and granulation tissue contraction. 
  • The public's perception of dermatologists as surgeons. 
  • The role of osteopontin and osteopontin aptamer (OPN-R3) in fibroblast activity. 
  • The small molecule Chicago Sky Blue promotes heart repair following myocardial infarction in mice. 
  • Tissue transglutaminase is expressed, active, and directly involved in rat dermal wound healing and angiogenesis. 
  • Tunneled and transposed island flaps in facial reconstructive surgery. 
  • Understanding patient preferences for femoral central venous catheterization among patients with sickle cell disease. 
  • Update on cicatricial alopecia. 
  • Viability assessment by delayed enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance: will low-dose dobutamine dull the shine? 
  • Visual internal urethrotome for incision of dense perirenal scar tissue during percutaneous stone removal. 
  • Wound contraction is attenuated by fasudil inhibition of Rho-associated kinase. 
  • [Secondary plastic surgical reconstruction in severely burned patients]. 
  • β-Catenin-regulated myeloid cell adhesion and migration determine wound healing.