ncomplete stent apposition (ISA), also known as stent alapposition, is defined most simplistically as the absence f contact between stent struts and the vessel wall not verlying a side branch. Incomplete stent apposition can ccur at the time of stent implantation—acute ISA—which ight either resolve or persist at follow-up (late-persistent SA). Patients without ISA at the time of stent implantai...

The inner ear pathology remains one of the most common problem in CI surgery [1,2]. Most of the complication after CI surgery main occurs specially in case of inner malformation and ossified cochlea [3,4]. The main purpose to determine the features of inner ear structure based on data of preoperatively imaging studies (high-resolution computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging) and adeq...

background: intracytoplasmic sperm injection (icsi) is an advanced technique employed in assisted reproductive clinics for treatment of infertile couples. the reproductive endocrinologists try their level best to identify factors that enhance success rate after icsi. objective: to compare estradiol progesterone ratio on ovulation induction day amongst pregnancy outcome groups following icsi. ma...

Ventricular assistance devices (VADs) for heart failure treatment have been paid high attention among researchers decades. However, the follow-up complications such as hemolysis and thrombosis require further optimization this technique. Shear stress has demonstrated to be significantly related because of rupture red blood cells membrane with a leaking hemoglobin in plasma. This issue already i...

OBJECTIVE To explore whether a "no touch" enhancement to the surgical technique of inflatable penile prosthesis (IPPs) implantaion will further decrease infection rates. MATERIALS AND METHODS A single surgeon performed 2347 IPPs between January 2002 and June 2011. Patients receiving each manufacturer's implants were stratified for age and diabetes. Since 2003, infection retardant-coated IPPs ...

Background: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for left main (LM) trifurcation disease is a challenging field for interventional cardiologist. Triple kissing balloon technique (triple-KBT) is often necessary for PCI for LM trifurcation. However, there is no data available on clinical and angiographical outcomes of triple-KBT after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation. Methods: We identif...

The existence of a pituitary hormone which regulates the mammalian tdrenal cortex was first demonstrated by Smith (1) in 1927; the implantaion of pituitary glands restored to normal the atrophic adrenal cortices of lypophysectomized rats. Enlargement of the adrenals following t.he inection of pituitary extracts was observed by Houssay et al. (2) in the hylophysectomized dog and by Collip, Ander...

fi t e t w TO THE EDITORS: A recent article published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology evaluated how religious eliefs influenced gynecologists’ notions about when gestation egins. The authors said that “the association between religious afliation and beliefs about when pregnancy begins is mediated y the importance of religion in the physician’s life.” That religious beliefs ...