The bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome was treated with pacemaker implantation and drugs in 28 patients. All patients survived pacemaker implantation and 26 of 28 patients experienced good control of their arrhythmias. Nineteen patients survived for more than one year (group 1); nine patients survived for less than one year (group 2), including two patients whose arrhythmias were not well control...

Abstract Background Previous studies established a role for the wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) In patients with transient risk of sudden cardiac death ( SCD) . clinical trials, nearly 40% received implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD) implantation at end WCD use. It’ unknown if can be usefull in final ICD indication. Objectives We aimed to describe predictors rate use real–wor...

purpose: to determine anterior chamber depth (ac depth) changes during a 6 month period after phacoemulsification cataract surgery and foldable intraocular lens (iol) implantation. methods: in a cross-sectional study, 85 eyes of 85 patients were evaluated for ac depth and capsulo-rrhexis size one and six months after the procedure. results: patients included 44 male and 41 female subjects with ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between prelinguistic communication behaviors and subsequent language development after cochlear implantation in deaf children. Evaluative tools with predictive validity for language potential in very young deaf children remain elusive. SETTING A tertiary care cochlear implant center and a preschool setting of spoken language immersion in which oral l...

Objective: Although cochlear implantation is widely applied, its outcomes are not very predictable on an individual basis. Several factors, such as the duration of deafness and the pre-operative speech understanding, have been identified as potential predictors. However, the relative value of these predictors varies between studies. This study evaluated the effect of the duration of post-operat...

PURPOSE To explore the phonological awareness skills of deaf children with cochlear implants (CIs) and relationships with vocabulary and reading development. METHOD Forty-three deaf children with implants who were between 5 and 15 years of age were tested; 21 had been implanted at around 2.5 years of age (Early CI group), and 22 had been implanted at around 5 years of age (Late CI group). Two...

Pediatric ophthalmologists increasingly recognize that the ideal site for intraocular lens (IOL) implantation is in the bag for aphakic eyes, but it is always very difficult via conventional technique. We conducted a prospective case series study to investigate the success rate and clinical outcomes of capsular bag reestablishment and in-the-bag IOL implantation via secondary capsulorhexis with...

Purpose: To retrospectively evaluate the prevalence of fracture and fragment embolization of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters. Methods: Electronic medical records and imaging studies of all Kaiser Permanente patients who received IVC filters from August 2000 until August 2010 were retrospectively reviewed for filter complications. Results: 283 patients received an IVC filter during the study pe...

Discovering a cell type with the highest efficiency and the least side-effects is one of the priorities of scientists active in this field. Of all the cells, mesenchymal stem cells have been and still are of interest to the researchers for use in pre-clinical and clinical studies due to being easily accessible, pluripotency, secretion of numerous growth factors, low risk of immunological reject...

ObjectiveTo present a definition of recurrent implantation failure that accounts for the effects female age and anticipated blastocyst euploidy rates on cumulative rates.DesignMathematical modeling.SettingNot applicable.Patient(s)Not applicable.Intervention(s)Mathematical modeling probability basis published across categories age.Main Outcome Measure(s)The number blastocysts required to achieve...