Objective Prospective memory (PM) is an important social cognitive function in everyday life. PM one of the most affected domains multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Gray matter (GM) atrophy and plaques have been attracting attention for various impairments MS This study aimed to clarify atrophic GM regions associated with deficits investigate relationship between plaques.

abstract introduction:  this study was performed to compare the effects of low-dose interferon beta-1(cinnovex,30 mcg) and high-dose interferon beta-1(rebif,44 mcg) on the reduction of the number and size of plaques in magnetic resonance imaging (mri) in patients with multiple sclerosis (ms). methods and materials: this historical cohort study, which was performed in 2014 in sanandaj (western p...

background one of the most important causes of mortality in developed and developing countries is coronary artery disease. coronary artery disease (cad) may develop by deposition of lipid, fibrous or calcified debris on the surface of the coronary artery lumen. fibrous plaque and calcified plaque may cause substantial stenosis of coronary arteries leading to ischemia of heart muscle while lipid...

background: this study was performed to compare the effects of low dose interferon beta-1 (ifn-β-1) (cinnovex, 30 mcg) and high dose ifn-β-1 (rebif, 44 mcg) on the reduction of the number and size of plaques in magnetic resonance imaging (mri) in patients with multiple sclerosis (ms). methods: this historical cohort study, which was performed in 2014 in sanandaj (western part of iran). 43 ms pa...

background : the aim of this study was to detect fungi in atherosclerotic plaques and investigate their possible role in atherosclerosis. methods : coronary atherosclerotic plaques specimen were obtained from patients with atherosclerosis. direct exami-nation, culture, histopathology study, pcr and sequencing were performed to detect/identify the mycotic elements in the plaques. age, sex, smoki...

OBJECTIVES The objective was to evaluate inflammation in echolucent carotid artery plaques. BACKGROUND Ultrasound echolucency of carotid artery plaques has been proven to differentiate patients at high risk of stroke. On the other hand, positron emission tomography (PET) of plaques with the use of [(18)F]-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) identifies highly inflamed plaques, and the combination of mole...

BACKGROUND Identification and differentiation of coronary atherosclerotic plaques may improve risk stratification for incident coronary events. OBJECTIVE We investigated the ability of dual-source computed tomography (CT) to depict and characterize atherosclerotic coronary plaques. METHODS Contrast-enhanced CT was performed in 25 human heart specimens with a total of 322 histologically dete...

conclusion safire reconstruction provided better coronary image quality and displayed the number, morphology, and surrounding lumen of calcium plaques more accurately than traditional fbp reconstruction, with safire3 achieving the best results. results the subjective ratings of image quality using safire1–safire5 reconstructions were significantly higher than those using fbp, with safire3 achie...