Objective: To assess a patient who developed Apical Ballooning Syndrome (ABS) Aim: To evaluate the potential factors leading to ABS Background: Apical Ballooning Syndrome is a cause of reversible cardiomyopathy that usually occurs in postmenopausal women. To date, no single cause of ABS has been identified; rather, ABS appears to be a consequence of multiple factors. Methods: This report evalua...

BACKGROUND Laminin-1, a multifunctional glycoprotein of the basement membrane, is thought to be important in embryogenesis, embryonic implantation, and placentation. We recently showed that serum IgG anti-laminin-1 autoantibodies (auto-Abs) are associated with recurrent first-trimester miscarriages. The present study assessed the clinical significance of anti-laminin-1 Abs with infertility, acc...

Objective To assess the seizure treatment outcome in autoimmune encephalitis (AE). Background Seizures due to AE etiology are increasingly recognized. Timely confirmation of may lead improved outcomes by allowing for earlier immunotherapy, which is more effective than anti-seizure medication (ASM). Currently, seizures/epilepsy can be subcategorized as associated epilepsy or acute symptomatic se...

BACKGROUND Aortic regurgitation (AR) is a condition associated with volume overload, causing left-ventricular (LV) remodeling, eccentric LV hypertrophy and eventually heart failure. LV remodeling associated with AR is regulated by mechanical stress, neurohormonal activation, inflammation and oxidative stress. Since anti-oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL) antibodies (Abs) are a measurable ma...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the surgical and histopathological hemostatic effects of topical Ankaferd blood stopper (ABS) on major arterial vessel injury related to elevated intra-arterial blood pressure in an experimental rabbit model. METHODS The study included 14 New Zealand rabbits. ABS was used to treat femoral artery puncture on 1 side in each animal and the other untr...

INTRODUCTION Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) multiplace chamber inside attendants (IAs) are at risk for decompression sickness (DCS). Standard decompression tables are formulated for sea-level use, not for use at altitude. METHODS At Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center (Denver, Colorado, 5,924 feet above sea level) and Intermountain Medical Center (Murray, Utah, 4,500 feet), the decompression obl...

PURPOSE To determine whether treatment of symptomatic convergence insufficiency (CI) has an effect on Academic Behavior Survey (ABS) scores. METHODS The ABS is a six-item survey developed by the Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Trial Group that quantifies the frequency of adverse school behaviors and parental concern about school performance on an ordinal scale from 0 (never) to 4 (always)...

OBJECTIVE to evaluate the prevalence and clinical significance of anti-chromatin antibodies (Abs) in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). METHODS IgG anti-chromatin Abs were detected by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), in sera of 94 children with JRA (10 children with systemic, 38 with polyarticular and 46 with oligoarticular disease onset). As control group, 33 age- and-sex-matc...