PURPOSE To determine whether the MR appearance of the spinal cord in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) differs according to clinical subtype. METHODS The spinal cords of 20 healthy control subjects and 60 patients with MS (22 with relapsing-remitting disease, 22 with secondary-progressive disease, and 16 with primary-progressive disease) were examined with sagittal dual-echo spin-echo MR ...

Although perifollicular repigmentation in the vitiligo lesions is owing to activation of follicular melanocyte stem cells and/or precursor followed by supplying matured melanocytes, underlying mechanism diffuse on whole surface remains still unknown. In addition presence remaining it conceivable that dermal contribute induce after treatment. Therefore, we investigated here whether and were redu...

BACKGROUND We assessed geometric changes responsible for acute lumen loss at the left circumflex coronary artery (LCX) ostium after crossover stenting from the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) to the left main artery. METHODS AND RESULTS Twenty-three left main artery bifurcation lesions with a preprocedural angiographic diameter stenosis <50% at the LCX ostium were evaluated usi...

Background: Management of patients with extensive coronary artery disease (CAD) is challenging. This study presents the results reconstruction left anterior descending (LAD) using internal thoracic (LITA) patch in LAD disease.&#x0D; Methods: was conducted between January 2017 and April 2020 included 86 patients. Males presented 88% (n=76), mean age 57.8±7.31 years. Patients underwent long (2- 4...

Abstract Diffuse liver disease is multifactorial and may arise from metabolic, storage, vascular or neoplastic drug-related toxicities. Metabolic disease, in particular non-alcoholic fatty its sequela of cirrhosis, an increasing worldwide epidemic with decompensation the development malignancy a major concern. This chapter aims to summarize current radiologic techniques early detection chronic/...

Abstract Aims To increase the effectiveness of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in patients with ostium artery lesions: left arterial descending (LAD) or circumflex (LCx) – pseudobifurcations. Methods 220 were included study. Inclusion criteria: atheroslerotic lesions &amp;gt;70% according to angiography and optical coherence tomography (OCT); myocardial ischemia FFR measurement. Accor...

The purpose of this investigation was to determine if a stenosis of a coronary artery located proximally caused greater deterioration of left ventricular function than a stenosis of a similar magnitude located more distally in the artery. Twenty-six patients with isolated left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) lesions documented by cardiac catheterization were studied by radionuclide an...

We read with great interest the article by Gucu et al. that is in concern with surgical treatment of the multiple complex stenoses in left anterior descending coronary artery [1]. We congratulate the authors for their good results in such a challenging problem. The primary aim of every cardiac surgeon in concern with coronary artery bypass grafting is complete revascularization with proven good...

42-year-old diabetic woman presented with left ventricular dysfunction late after an Aanterior wall myocardial infarction. Fluoro-deoxy glucose-positron emission tomography showed viability in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) territory. Coronary angiogram (A, Online Video 1) showed a significant mid-LAD disease which was stented. Fractional flow reserve (B) done for the borderline lesi...