Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) is the leading cause of death world-wide, accounting for 12.7% of global mortality[1] . Acute Coronary Syn-drome (ACS) covers a wide spectrum of clinical conditions ranging fromunstable angina ...

The 10th International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion was held at the Hall of Flags, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, May 28–31, ...

Introduction: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) represents the histological entity of prostate cell proliferation, which inflicts a gradually increasing obstruction of the bladder outlet and is accompanied by a progressing ...

Tricuspid stenosis occurs after the implantation of a ventricular pacemaker lead and is a rare complication. An inflammatory response is stimulated when the pacemaker leads are passing through the tricuspid valve which ...

The adductor canal (AC) block is a useful motorsparing option; however, it only blocks the saphenous nerve (SN) and does not achieve a complete block of the knee. In contrast, a block at the apex of the femoral triangle ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease which has different clinical presentations. Paradoxical reaction (PR) is defined as the temporary aggravation of present TB lesions or the emergence of new lesions despite adequate ...

The implementation of breast-conserving surgery in the management of early breast cancer is one of the most important successes of the modern treatments in the field. Numerous randomized clinical trials initiated more than ...

I read with great interest the report by Demir et al. published in the July 2016 issue of the journal[1] about the 27-year-old woman who suffered ventricular fibrillation (VF) while recovering from propofol anesthesia ...

This is well-written article. The topic is important. There are several factors defined for comorbidity factors in hip fracture surgery. Definition of ‘Frailty’ has not been well described in orthopaedic practise, however ...

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