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    • Rodrigo Salinas, Ramon; Prieto Domínguez, Juan Carlos; Aguayo, Rubén; Ramos Gómez, Cristóbal; Puentes, Ángel; Gajardo Cortez, Abraham Isaac Jacob; Panieri, Emiliano; Rojas Solé, Catalina; Lillo Moya, José Ignacio; Saso, Luciano (MDPI, 2021)
      Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has long remained the gold standard therapy to restore coronary blood flow after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, this procedure leads to the development of increased ...
    • Pérez, J. Carola; Huerta, Paula; Rubio, Bernardita; Fernández González, Olga (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      Parental psychological control (PC) hinders the development of autonomy, identity formation, and the attainment of self-determination and individuation of adolescents. The aim of this study was to deepen the understanding ...
    • Salvo, Mauricio; González Feliu, Evelin; Toro, Jéssica; Gallegos Méndez, Iván; Maureira Caviedes, Ignacio Andrés; Miranda González, Nicolás; Barajas Barajas, Olga Beatriz; Bustamante, Eva; Ahumada Olea, Mónica Beatriz; Colombo Flores, Alicia Angelina; Armisen, Ricardo; Villaman, Camilo; Ibáñez, Carolina; Bravo, María Loreto; Sanhueza, Verónica; Spencer, M. Loreto; Toro, Gonzalo de; Morales, Erik; Bizama, Carolina; García, Patricia; Carrasco, Ana María; Gutiérrez Cordero, Lorena; Bermejo, Justo; Verdugo Salgado, Ricardo Alejandro; Marcelain Cubillos, Katherine Jenny (MDPI, 2021)
      Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is progressively being used in clinical practice. However, several barriers preclude using this technology for precision oncology in most Latin American countries. To overcome some of these ...
    • Llibre Guerra, Jorge J.; Behrens Pellegrino, Maria Isabel Ofelia; Hosogi, Mirna Lie; Montero, Lucía; Torralva, Teresa; Custodio, Nilton; Longoria Ibarrola, Erika; Giraldo Chica, Margarita; Aguillon, David; Hardi, Angela; Maestre, Gladys E.; Contreras, Valeria; Doldan, Celeste; Duque Peñailillo, Lissette; Hesse, Heike; Román, Norbel; Santana Trinidad, Dhara Angelina; Schenk, Christian; Ocampo Barba, Ninoska; López Contreras, Ricardo; Nitrini, Ricardo (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      Introduction: The historical development, frequency, and impact of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are less clear in Latin America than in high-income countries. Although there is a growing number of dementia studies in Latin ...
    • Martínez Nahuel, Vania; Espinosa Duque, Daniel; Jiménez Molina, Álvaro; Rojas Castillo, María Graciela; Vohringer Cardenas, Paul Alfred; Fernández Arcila, Mauricio; Luttges Dittborn, Carolina Maria Teresa; Irarrázaval Domínguez, Matías; Bauer, Stephanie; Moessner, Markus (MDPI, 2021)
      The rapid internet penetration in Latin American countries has made it possible to implement digital mental health interventions. "Cuida tu animo" (Take Care of Your Mood) is an internet-based program for the prevention ...
    • Calaf, Gloria M.; Crispin, Leodan A.; Roy, Debasish; Aguayo González, Francisco; Muñoz, Juan P.; Bleak, Tammy C. (MDPI, 2021)
      Simple Summary The present work analyzed the expression of genes involved in radiation, using an in vitro experimental breast cancer model developed by the combined treatment of low doses of high linear energy transfer ...
    • Samtani, Suraj; Burotto, Mauricio; Román, Juan Carlos; Cortés Herrera, Daniela; Walton Díaz, Annerleim Nylsello (MDPI, 2021)
      Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most frequent causes of cancer death worldwide. Historically, diagnosis was based on physical examination, transrectal (TRUS) images, and TRUS biopsy resulting in overdiagnosis and ...
    • Rojas, Masyelly; Luz Crawford, Patricia; Soto Rifo, Ricardo Andrés; Reyes Cerpa, Sebastián; Toro Ascuy, Daniela (MDPI, 2021)
      A key characteristic of Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection is the generation of latent viral reservoirs, which have been associated with chronic immune activation and sustained inflammation. Macrophages ...
    • Gomes Bernardes Neto, Saint Clair; Torres, Rodrigo; Lima, Illia; Resqueti, Vanessa R. (BMJ, 2021)
      Objective This systematic review aimed in assessing the effects of different weaning protocols in people with neuromuscular disease (NMD) receiving invasive mechanical ventilation, identifying which protocol is the best ...
    • Barra, Bernardo J.; Varela, Luis F.; Maldonado, José R.; Calvo, Pilar; Bastidas, Anna; Sánchez, Roberto; Pintor, Luis (MDPI, 2021)
      Background and objectives: There has been a recent increase in older patients admitted to general hospitals. A significant percentage of hospitalized older patients are >= 75 years old, which differ from the patients aged ...
    • Hamilton Schilling, Sara; Carreño, Alejandra; Tapia Escobar, Eric Danilo; Mascayano, Franco; Pitronello, Romina; Santander, Felipe; Jorquera González, María José; Burrone, María Soledad; Alvarado Muñoz, Rubén Vladimir (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      Adolescent suicide is a pressing problem in Chile that has not yet been sufficiently addressed, as suicide rates have stagnated in recent years. One possible explanation could be linked to the adult-centered paradigm that ...
    • Sepúlveda Martínez, Álvaro Gabriel; Steding Ehrenborg, Katarina; Rodríguez López, Mérida; Ostenfeld, Ellen; Valenzuela Alcaráz, Brenda; Heiberg, Einar; Gratacós, Eduard; Prat González, Susanna; Crispi, Fátima; Hedström, Erik (Wiley, 2021)
      Introduction: Both echocardiography and CMR imaging are used to quantify longitudinal function. Inter-method variability for mitral (MAPSE) and tricuspid (TAPSE) annular plane systolic excursion, and variability between ...
    • Evangelidis, Nicole; Sautenet, Benedicte; Madero, Magdalena; Tong, Allison; Ashuntantang, Gloria; Cortés Sanabria, Laura; de Boer, Ian H.; Fung, Samuel; Gallego, Daniel; Levey, Andrew S.; Levin, Adeera; Lorca, Eduardo; Okpechi, Ikechi G.; Rossignol, Patrick; Sola, Laura; Usherwood, Tim; Wheeler, David C.; Cho, Yeoungjee; Howell, Martin; Guha, Chandana; Scholes Robertson, Nicole; Widders, Katherine; Matus González, Andrea; Teixeira Pinto, Armando; Viecelli, Andrea K.; Bernier Jean, Amelie; Anumudu, Samaya; Dunn, Louese; Wilkie, Martin; Craig, Jonathan C. (BMC, 2021)
      Background: Globally, over 1.2 million people die from chronic kidney disease (CKD) every year. Patients with CKD are up to 10 times more likely to die prematurely than progress to kidney failure requiring kidney replacement ...
    • Kennedy, Gina; Kanter, Rebecca Michelle; Chotiboriboon, Sinee; Covic, Namukolo; Delormier, Treena; Longvah, Thingnganing; Maundu, Patrick; Omidvar, Nasrin; Vish, Prakash; Kuhnlein, Harriet (Oxford, 2021)
      Fruit and vegetable consumption is recommended in numerous food-based dietary guidelines and forms a key recommendation in many international statements related to healthy diets. There are thousands of fruit and vegetable ...
    • Stecher, Ximena; Schonstedt, Valeria; Manterola Mordojovich, Carla; Carreño, Fernando; Zamorano, Francisco; Velásquez, Alvaro; Castillo, Mauricio (Wiley, 2021)
      ObjectiveTo report our initial experience using an adult-template MAP in drug-resistant focal epilepsy in five children with apparently normal MRI. MethodsPatients selected were highly suspicious of harboring focal ...
    • Burgos Ravanal, Renato Alberto; Campos González, América Vanessa; Díaz Vesga, Magda Carolina; González, María Fernanda; León, Daniela; Lobos González, Lorena; Leyton Campos, Lisette; Kogan, Marcelo Javier; Quest, Andrew Frederick Geoffery (MDPI, 2021)
      Simple Summary Cancer is the second leading cause of death in humans, and in 2020, 9.8 million cancer-related deaths were reported worldwide. In the last 20 years, it has become apparent that small vesicles released by ...
    • Torres Torretti, Juan Pablo; Piñera Morel, María Cecilia; Maza León, Verónica de la; Lagomarcino, Anne Josephine; Simian, Daniela; Torres Acin, Bárbara Cinthya; Urquidi, Cinthya; Valenzuela, María Teresa; O'Ryan Gallardo, Miguel Luis (Oxford, 2021)
      Background. A severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak affecting 52 people from a large school community in Santiago, Chile, was identified (12 March) 9 days after the first case in the country. ...
    • Navia, Alfonso; Parada, Leonardo; Urbina, Gloria; Vidal, Claudia; Morovic Inostroza, Carmen Gloria (Elsevier, 2021)
    • Jiménez Fernández, Daniel; Cancino Contreras, Francisca Lucía (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      Interaction with living place and neighbourhood is one of the cornerstones for creating dementia-friendly communities (DFC). Chile has one of the largest proportions of older adults in Latin America and is currently ...
    • Fernández Sanz, Sofía; Fernández González, Olga; Krause Jacob, Mariane (Univ Ces, 2021)
      This research aims to analyze qualitatively children and their parents' expectation regarding child psychotherapy, and the relationship between the different variables involved in the process of building these expectations. ...