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Heart failure (HF) represents the quintessential disorder of cardio-vascular aging, reflecting the convergence of age-related changes in the cardiovascular system and other organ systems and the increasing prevalence of cardiovascular diseases at older age. The prevalence and incidence of HF increase progressively with…

Melatonin or N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine is mainly produced by pineal gland and exhibits characteristic diurnal rhythm of synthesis and secretion with the highest levels at night and low levels during a day. For several years the knowledge of pineal gland and its hormone was rather poor. It was last years when knowled…

OBJECTIVE: In the last years has been a progressive increase of tabagism in the female sex. This study wanted to examine the influence of the pregnancy on voluntary practices and especially on smoking. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 140 women with a mean age of 33.05 years and with a mean gestational age of 28.56 weeks (range…

OBJECTIVES: Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) is an uncommon disease which receives usually bad prognostic. In order to study the prevalence of the different etiologies we have reviewed retrospectively 17 documented cases of SVCS in the last 5 years. METHODS: The range of age was between 43 and 80 years Sex distribut…

Hemifacial spasm features myoclonic-like, paroxysmal, unilateral muscle twitching, attributable to vascular compression at the facial pontine root entry zone. We present the case of an 85-year-old man who presented with idiopathic hemifacial spasm with onset 23 years before. For the last 5 years, he was successfully tr…

The biological function of the since more than 5 decades discovered adrenal dehydroepiandrosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate we were studied since 1960. A renaissance of these steroids is talking about in last years. The knowledge of the metabolic features and biological effects of the hormone pair has been i…

This is a clinico-pathological report of a 30 years old male patient that presented with acute epigastric pain. Ultrasound examination showed a retroperitoneal tumor, thrombosis of the inferior vena cava and ascites. CAT scan disclosed thrombosis of hepatic vein and inferior vena cava with right atrium involvement. Nec…

Fourteen of 318 consecutive shoulder arthroscopies performed over 5 years were found to have a complete tear of the supraspinatus tendon with an intact superior glenohumeral joint capsule. All tears were surgically repaired into a bony trough in the greater tuberosity. All of these tears were found in the past 2 years,…

The purpose is to examine retrospectively the circumstances, clinical course and sequelae in 37 children (32 boys, 5 girls) admitted with acute alcohol intoxication during the 11 years 1978-1988. It is concluded, that the number of admissions has increased. Two distinct populations are found: 0-3 and 8-15 years. Strong…

In the last 3 years, we have used transthorascopic biopsy for the diagnosis of intrathoracic pulmonary lesions in 17 children ranging in age from 5 months to 17 years. The procedure is performed under a variety of anesthetic conditions ranging from local infiltrative to general endotracheal anesthesia. A fiberoptic rod…

BACKGROUND:  Literature on the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), work ability, and associated factors among dentists is limited. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of MSD, work ability, and associated factors among dentists in Kerala, India. METHODS:  This cross-sectional st…

A skull with numerous Homo features was discovered at Sterkfontein, near Krugersdorp, Transvaal, in August 1976. It stems from member 5 of the Sterkfontein Formation, with stone tools and with fauna pointing to an age of 2.0-1.5 Myr. The underlying member 4 contains Australopithecus africanus, no stone tools, and fauna…

Topographic change shapes the evolution of biodiversity by influencing both habitat connectivity and habitat diversity as well as abiotic factors like climate. However, its role in creating global biodiversity gradients remains poorly characterized because geology, climate and evolutionary data have rarely been integra…

A 42-year-old housewife, the resident of rural part of West Bengal, presented with gradually progressive exertional dyspnea associated with a dry cough for last 3 years clinical features were suggestive of diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD). Her chest X-ray posteroanterior view and high resolution computed tomogra…

Accurate target volume delineation becomes more and more important for modern high-precision radiotherapy. During the last years, molecular imaging using positron emission tomography (PET) has been shown to be of high clinical impact on diagnosis, staging and/or restaging of many malignancies. Therefore, the integratio…

Over the last years microarray technology has become one of the principal platform technologies for the high-throughput analysis of biological systems. Starting with the construction of first DNA microarrays in the 1990s, microarray technology has flourished in the last years and many different new formats have been de…

INTRODUCTION: Evidence on dual- and triple-targeted therapy in patients with left-to-right shunt congenital heart disease-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (CHD-PAH) remains limited. We compared the efficacy of triple- versus dual-targeted drug therapy in patients with CHD-PAH and evaluated treatment outcomes…

OBJECTIVES: Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is a hereditary autoinflammatory disease affecting both genders in reproductive age. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relation between FMF and pregnancy on both maternal and fetal aspects. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In this retrospective, single-center, descriptive s…

The 13th annual report from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (Intermacs) highlights outcomes for 27,314 patients receiving continuous-flow durable left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) during the last decade (2012-2021). In 2021, 2464 primary LVA…

OBJECTIVE: To describe age and sex-specific prevalence of cancer in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) hospitalizations in the United States over the last decade. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective serial cross-sectional study using all primary AIS discharges (weighted n=5,748,358) with and without cancer in the 2007-2019…