Macular hole (MA) is a significant cause of visual acuity (VA) loss in patients over 50 years in our environment. The traction by the vitreous, particularly the posterior hyaloids, on the retina surface plays a leading role in the etiopathogeny of MA. The collagen fibers that comprise the posterior vitreous are firmly joined to the macula and connecting to the internal limiting membrane by mean...

Fifty patients with congenital heart disease, ages 2 days-30 years (median 12 months) at cardiac surgery, underwent lung biopsy to assess pulmonary vascular disease (PVD). Twenty-six had ventricular septal defects (VSD), 17 d-transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA), and seven, defects of the atrioventricular canal (AVC). Quantitative morphologic data was correlated with hemodynamic data. Th...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Portopulmonary hypertension (POPH) hampers survival of patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension and may preclude liver transplantation (LT). Management of such patients with oral pulmonary vasoactive drugs (PVD) has not been standardized. Our aim was to assess the efficacy and safety of oral PVD for management of POPH. METHODS All patients treated by oral PVD (bosen...

This paper is a review on the status of hard coating of various physical vapour deposition (PVD) techniques and compare their properties. The use of hard and wear resistant PVD coatings on cutting tools is now widespread in global manufacturing for reducing production cost and improving productivity, all of which are essential if industry is to remain economically competitive. The review includ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between oral health and incident hospitalisation for ischaemic heart disease (IHD), heart failure (HF), ischaemic stroke and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and all-cause mortality. DESIGN Prospective population-based study of Australian men and women aged 45 years or older, who were recruited to the 45 and Up Study between January 2006 and April 20...

in the present study, the effects of growth defects and chromium content loss on the degradation of corrosion andpassivation of cathodic arc evaporation (cae-pvd) of stainless steel coating were investigated in 2 m sulphuricacid solution. eds analysis indicated that the micro-particles were obtained during the coating growth. in addition,it was detected that the growth defects had poor adhesion...

Since the introduction of electron beam (EB) physical vapour deposition (PVD) thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) and their application to moving components in the hot gas stream, erosion has become a prime concern. EB PVD TBCs, due to their unique columnar microstructure are far more strain tolerant than their plasma sprayed (PS) counter parts and can thus be used under more exacting operating con...

This research work presents the high-speed railway line (HSRL) case study constructed on soft soils deposits. The performance of improvement method combining both PVD’s (Prefabricated vertical drains) and surcharge preloading was evaluated herein based numerical simulation approach to predict induced deformations during HSRL construction phase. For this aim, PVD-assisted in situ measurement dat...

In patients with peripheral vascular disease (PVD), mortality is high and renal artery stenosis (RAS) is a frequent incidental finding. RAS carries a high risk for mortality, but whether incidentally discovered RAS is a risk factor for mortality is unknown. The prognostic impact of incidental RAS for mortality was studied in 550 consecutive patients who underwent intra-arterial digital subtract...

The backgrounds of patients undergoing lower limb amputation (LLA) have recently changed dramatically. From the 1970s to the 1990s, the main reason for LLA was traumatic injury.1–3) However, peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and diabetes mellitus (DM) have emerged as major causes of LLA. In recent studies, PVD and DM accounted for 61.0%–92.5% of LLAs.1–4) Previous studies have also reported hig...