Eleven-year single-center experience with the ATS Open Pivot Bileaflet heart valve (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The ATS Open Pivot Heart Valve was first introduced in 1992 and has been implanted routinely at our institution since 1993. Valve selection was based on surgeon preference. The objective o
Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the Basel city population 1989-1990 (Publications)
In the Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt, the levels of the major cardiovascular risk factors were measured in 1989/90 in a representative sample of 533 inhabitants (252 men and 281 women) aged 25 to 74. So
Strain diversity, epistasis and the evolution of drug resistance in<em> Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
Clin Microbiol Infect 2011; 17: 815-820 ABSTRACT: Mycobacterium tuberculosis harbours little DNA sequence diversity compared with other bacteria. However, there is mounting evidence that strain-to-str
Interactional behaviour as a marker for screening patients with environment-related complaints (Publications)
Background: Adequate assessment of symptoms of patients suffering from environmental illnesses requires appropriate procedures such as psychological and psychiatric diagnostics, medical screening and