Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for septic shock has been reported occasionally and it has been shown to have reasonable outcomes in pediatrics cases. However, the adult ECMO for septic shock is not as clearly elucidated. Here we present a case of adult ECMO for septi...
In Fontan patients, reduced exercise capacity due to diminished cardiac output is a common finding with important prognostic implications. Beneficial effects have been shown for sildenafil treatment and regular exercise, but data comparing both strategies is scarce. We report on...
Background: Dilated cardiomyopathy is associated by radial and longitudinal contractile cardiac dysfunction. Left ventricular (LV) thrombus is a frequent finding in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. The main purpose of our study was to evaluate the role of mitral annular plan...
Objective: To evaluate the role of angiogenesis in tumor growth by the assessment of mean vessel density and to quantify angiogenesis as an important variable in endometrial cancers. Material and Methods: 53 cases of endometrial malignancies (epithelial tumors-36 cases and metast...
Aim: The current study aims to examine the balance between glutathione and glutathione sulfide and how this was disturbed in patients with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) level. The study also included 8-hydroxy-2’-deoxyguanosine to provide a more comprehensive picture of the over...
Aims: Patients with acute coronary syndrome without ST segment elevation are a heterogeneous group with respect to the risk of having a major adverse cardiac event (MACE). History of diabetes mellitus (DM), chronic kidney disease (CKD) and elevated GRACE risk score are all factor...
A 71-year-old Japanese man was admitted to our hospital complaining of chest oppression on exercise, such as cycling uphill, which had continued for 9 years. We diagnosed him as having microvascular spasm according to the results of coronary angiography with an acetylcholine prov...
We describe a technique for reanalyzing total chronic long occlusion of the iliac arteries (TASC/D) through the radio-brachial approach. After having obtained the arterial approach, a 6F 90cm long Shuttle sheath (Cook Group, Bloomington, IN, USA) or a 4F 100cm Fortress sheath (B...
The purpose of this paper is to report a congenital subclavian artery to subclavian vein fistula in a three weeks old male infant who presented with congestive heart failure and pulmonary hypertension. He had been scanned by various imaging modalities including echocardiography,...
Pulmonary vein stenosis in adults is historically a rare condition, but is becoming a recognised complication, albeit an uncommon one, of radiofrequency ablation around the pulmonary veins for treatment of atrial fibrillation. It may also be due to infiltrating mediastinal proces...