Re-Evaluation of Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Primary Prevention Treatments with Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring in Primary Prevention Patients.

The coronary artery calcium score (CACS) is used as a screening tool to identify the presence/absence of subclinical atherosclerosis in asymptomatic individuals. We evaluated the risk categories and medical therapy of asymptomatic individuals with subclinical atherosclerosis (CACS > 0) and applied the atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) score and Framingham risk score (FRS) to assess those at a high risk of subclinical atherosclerosis (CACS ≥ 400). We retrospectively enrolled 218 asymptomatic individuals (65.

Reconstruction of Traumatic External Iliac Artery Dissection Due to Vascular Clamping.

Traumatic external iliac artery dissection after renal transplant is a rare complication, but it should be urgently managed due to its devastating effects on graft and lower limb circulation. External iliac artery dissection is seen more in recipients with diabetes mellitus and comorbid disease. Recipients with external iliac artery dissection should be treated immediately by percutaneus angioplasty or surgical reconstruction.

Evaluation of Transplanted Kidneys and Comparison with Healthy Volunteers and Kidney Donors with Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Initial Experience.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance, by comparing imaging in renal allograft recipients for functional assessment of kidney transplants versus imaging of these features in healthy volunteers and kidney donors with native kidneys.

Materials And Methods: Seventy renal transplant recipients (group A) with stable graft function at postoperative month 1, 40 healthy volunteers (group B), and 40 kidney donors (group C) underwent diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. An echo-planar diffusion-weighted imaging sequence was performed in coronal orientation by using 6 b values (0, 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000 s/mm²).

Influence of Various Living Donor Kidney Measurements in Relation to Recipient Body Measurements on Posttransplant Allograft Functional Outcomes.

Objectives: Donor kidney measurements may affect outcomes of transplanted allografts. We tested allograft and recipient measurements on kidney allograft outcomes. In this study, we compared the effects of kidney allograft volumes, which were measured using computed tomographic angiography before transplant, and allograft weight, which was measured during surgery, in relation to the recipient's body weight and body mass index on kidney function at 6 and 12 months after transplant.

Rectal diverticulitis mimicking rectal carcinoma with intestinal obstruction: case report.

Although diverticular disease of the colon is common, the occurrence of rectal diverticula is extremely rare with only sporadic reports in the literature since 1911. Symptomatic rectal diverticula are seen even less frequently, and surgical intervention is needed for only complicated cases. Here we report the case of a 63-year-old woman presenting with rectal diverticulitis mimicking rectal carcinoma with intestinal obstruction.

The effect of cardiac fibrosis on left ventricular remodeling, diastolic function, and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy.

Background: Cardiac fibrosis is common and associated with poor prognosis in patients with heart failure. We investigated the effect of cardiac fibrosis on the left ventricular (LV) diastolic function, functional capacity, LV remodeling, and biochemical parameters in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDC). In addition, we investigated the biochemical and echocardiographic predictors of cardiac fibrosis in this group.

Fragmented QRS complexes are associated with cardiac fibrosis and significant intraventricular systolic dyssynchrony in nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy patients with a narrow QRS interval.

Background: Myocardial scar causes heterogeneous ventricular activation, which results in fragmentation of QRS complexes on ECG. Myocardial fibrosis in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy (NDCM) can be identified as late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) areas on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) studies. We investigated the association of fragmented QRS (fQRS) complexes with systolic dyssynchrony and myocardial fibrosis in patients with NDCM.

Diffuse late gadolinium enhancement by cardiovascular magnetic resonance predicts significant intraventricular systolic dyssynchrony in patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy.

Background: Left ventricular dyssynchrony and myocardial fibrosis are common findings in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NDCM). The aim of this study was to investigate the association between myocardial fibrosis and intraventricular systolic dyssynchrony (DYS-sys) in patients with NDCM.

Methods: Thirty-nine patients with NDCM and sinus rhythm were enrolled.

Management of bilateral breast carcinoma: long-term results.

The aim of this study was to document the clinical features and long-term outcomes in 43 cases of bilateral breast carcinoma. All the women were diagnosed by a single surgeon who had evaluated 13,443 patients with breast-related complaints over a 40-year period. At the initial cancer diagnosis, 28 patients (65%) were of premenopausal age (< or = 46 years; group 1) and 15 (35%) were postmenopausal (> 46 years; group 2).

Management strategies for patients with nipple discharge.

Background And Aims: The aim of this study was to assess management strategies for patients with nipple discharge (ND).

Patients And Methods: The records of 13,443 women with breast-related complaints who were examined by the same surgeon between 1 January 1960 and 31 December 2000 were retrospectively assessed. Patients with ND were grouped according to whether they had had a spontaneous or provoked discharge.

Value of the D-dimer test in diagnosing deep vein thrombosis in rehabilitation inpatients.

Objective: To assess the utility of the D-dimer test-a widely available, less costly, and less time-consuming test than others used to diagnose or exclude deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism.

Design: Blind comparison.

Setting: An inpatient rehabilitation facility in Turkey.