the vascular complications, their management and results of treatment in 417 consecutive renal transplantations performed at taleghani hospital from september 1989 to december 1997, are presented. there were 7 (1.6%) vascular complications. among them renal artery stenosis occurred in 2 cases (0.4%), renal artery thrombosis in 2 cases (0.4%), renal vein thrombosis in one case (0.2%), bleeding f...

Background: Coronary angiography consists of the selective injection of contrast agents in coronary arteries. Optimal strategy for heparin administration during coronary angiography has yet to be determined. We assessed the effect of heparin administration during coronary angiography on vascular, hemorrhagic, and ischemic complications.Methods: Five hundred candiates for diagnostic coronary ang...

Most cases of pancreatitis are mild and selflimited. On the other hand, approximately one quarter of patients with pancreatitis may develop vascular complications. Vascular complications in pancreatitis are well recognized. Their exact incidence is not known. The most common complications are haemorrhage into a pseudocyst, erosions of the upper gastrointestinal arteries, thromboses of the porta...

Over the last several decades, the global incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus has increased significantly. The raised incidence rate is projected to continue as greater numbers of persons adopt a Western lifestyle and diet. Patients with diabetes mellitus are at heightened risk of both adverse microvascular and cardiovascular events. Moreover, once cardiovascular disease develops, dia...

congenital vascular lesions occur most often in children. parents of these children take them to maxillofacial surgeons directly or during the treatment of other complications such as infection or jaw bone disorders. various terms now used are unable to describe the pathogenesis and mechanism of the effect of vascular lesions on growth and development of facial bone.  term of hemangioma is used...

Liver transplantation (LT) is a well established surgical treatment option for patients with end stage liver diseases, with high operative success rates and survival benefits in both deceased donor and living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). The QMH liver transplant programme is the largest of its kind in China and Southeast Asia. By the end of October 2008, a total of 659 liver transplants ...

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic disease characterized by impaired fasting and post-prandial glucose tolerance, which is associated with insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia among other secondary metabolic changes [1]. Despite the increasing knowledge on this complex disease, its incidence and prevalence rates continue to increase all over the world [2]. This has been attributed ...