Accurate haemodynamic assessment of mitral stenosis by hydraulic formulas requires measurement of the mean valve gradient and the cardiac output. The calculation is laborious, particularly in the presence of atrial fibrillation when averaged values obtained from multiple beat-to-beat determinations must be used. The relations between valve area, end diastolic gradient, and heart rate in 20 pati...

Incontinentia pigmenti achromians (IPA), first reported by Ito (Ito 1952), is a rare disease, involving the skin, hair, eyes, central nervous system, and musculoskeletal system. The cutaneous manifestations consist of macular hypopigmented whorls, streaks, and patches in a bilateral or unilateral distribution affecting almost any portion of the body surface. Central nervous system dysfunction, ...

INTRODUCTION Gorlin-Goltz syndrome is a rare hereditary disease. Pathogenesis of the syndrome is attributed to abnormalities in the long arm of chromosome 9 (q22.3-q31) and loss or mutations of human patched gene (PTCH1 gene). Multiple basal cell carcinomas (BCCs), odontogenic keratocysts, skeletal abnormalities, hyperkeratosis of palms and soles, intracranial ectopic calcifications of the falx...

BACKGROUND 3D stereolithographic printing can be used to convert high-resolution computed tomography images into life-size physical models. We sought to apply 3D printing technologies to develop patient-specific models of the anatomic and functional characteristics of severe aortic valve stenosis. METHODS AND RESULTS Eight patient-specific models of severe aortic stenosis (6 tricuspid and 2 b...

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OBJECTIVE Is to highlight the characteristics and management of odontogenic keratocyst in children only. MATERIAL AND METHOD Computerized search in pubmed between (2005-2015) using specific words such as odontogenic keratocyst in children, odontogenic keratocyst association with Gorlin-Goltz syndrome with abstract written in English only. RESULT During computerized literature search 77 arti...

BACKGROUND The Doppler-derived energy loss coefficient (ELCo), which can take into account the pressure recovery phenomenon and reconcile discrepancies between the aortic valve effective orifice area (EOA) obtained by the Gorlin formula using a catheter (EOAcath) and the EOA obtained by the Doppler continuity equation (EOADop), is proposed as an equivalent index to represent EOAcath. Therefore,...