First Report of Causing Root Rot on Tulip Poplar in Tennessee and the United States.

Tulip poplar () is a member of the Magnolia family, is a large, fast-growing, long-lived, deciduous tree native to eastern North America. One-year-old tulip poplar seedlings grown under field conditions in a commercial nursery in Warren County, Tennessee, exhibited severe root rot in May 2024. Dark brown to black lesions were observed on the affected roots.

First Report of Causing Root Rot on in Tennessee and the United States.

Swamp white oak () is a North American species of medium-sized trees in the beech family. One-year-old swamp white oak seedlings grown in field conditions in a commercial nursery in Warren County, Tennessee exhibited severe root rot in July 2024. Dark brown lesions were observed in the affected roots (Fig.

Effect of the Prognostic Nutrition Index on Long-Term Outcomes in Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Revascularization.

Objective    The prognostic nutritional index (PNI) is a practical, applicable, prognostic scoring system. However, its clinical significance in unprotected left main coronary artery (ULMCA) patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has not yet been clarified. This study aimed to examine the relationship between malnutrition as assessed by PNI and major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in ULMCA patients undergoing PCI.

Prognostic importance of nutritional assessment in patients with acute ischemic stroke undergoing endovascular thrombectomy.

Objective: The prevalence of malnutrition in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) can range from 8% to 34%. It has been shown that prognostic nutritional index (PNI) and control nutritional status (CONUT) scores can provide an opportunity to make prognostic predictions in some disease groups. Previous studies have shown a close relationship between malnutrition scores and stroke prognosis.

Dependence of clinical outcomes on time of hospital admission in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

Background: There are conflicting results in studies investigating the effects of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on the prognosis of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) during or outside of usual hospital working hours. While some researchers have reported higher mortality rates in STEMI patients admitted outside of working hours, others did not find a statistically significant difference.

Objectives: Investigate the short-term endpoints and long-term outcomes of STEMI patients by time of admission.

A new trend to reduce adverse events in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation: cusp overlap technique: a cross sectional study.

Background: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is currently the treatment of choice for the majority of patients at moderate or high surgical risk. However, some complications occur frequently with this procedure. In this study, we aimed to assess whether the cusp-overlap view (COP) technique may be associated with a reduced incidence of some of these complications compared with the classical three-cusp view (TCV) technique.

A novel predictor in endovascular treatment patients for cerebral perfusion and prognosis: CHA2DS2-VASC.

Objective: Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction(TICI) score is used to objectively evaluate cerebral perfusion after intervention in acute stroke with mechanical thrombectomy. In our study, we aimed to compare the results of patients with successful TICI perfusion score (TICI ≥ 2c) with the results of patients with poor TICI perfusion score (TICI < 2c) and to investigate the relationship of the CHADS-VASc scoring system with the final TICI perfusion score and other endpoints.

Methods: For this retrospective, single-center, cross-sectional study, 278 patients who underwent endovascular thrombectomy were screened consecutively by the interventional neurology department of hospital.

Global longitudinal strain score predicts all cause death in patients with chronic total occlusion with preserved ejection fraction.

Objective: Change in LVEF is one of the most important indicators of prognosis in CTO cases. Studies in patients with CTO have shown improvement in LVEF approximately at 3 and 6 months after successful PCI. It has been shown that LV global longitudinal strain (GLS) starts to improve even 1 day after CTO-PCI.

Novel predictor of pulmonary arterial hypertension: Monocyte to HDL cholesterol ratio.

Monocyte to HDL cholesterol ratio (MHR), lymphocyte to monocyte ratio (LMR), and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) have been proposed as novel systemic inflammatory markers. The aim of this study was to explore the association between MHR, LMR and NLR with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The study is a single-center, retrospective Cross-sectional study.

Oral Anticoagulant Use and Long-Term Follow-Up Results in Patients with Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation in Turkey AFTER-2 Study.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of oral anticoagulant drugs and time in therapeutic range in patients receiving warfarin in addition to the epi-demiological trial of non-valvular atrial fibrillation previously conducted in Turkey (The Atrial Fibrillation: Epidemiological Registry trial). Furthermore, the prevalence of major adverse events and mortality rates of the patients were evaluated during the long-term follow-up period.

Methods: We created a national data registry for non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients, reflecting all geographic regions by population density.

Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial ınfarction (STEMI) in Turkey: results from TURSER study (TURKISH St-segment elevation myocardial ınfarction registry).

Objective: We aimed to investigate both the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) admission, and demographic, angiographic, procedural characteristics, and in-hospital clinical outcomes of patients with COVID-19 positive STEMI in Turkey.

Methods: This was a multi-center and cross-sectional observational study. The study population included 1788 STEMI patients from 15 centers in Turkey.

Monocyte to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and lymphocyte to monocyte ratios are predictors of in-hospital and long-term mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome.

Objective: We aimed to determine the relationship between LMR and MHR and in-hospital and long-term mortality in patients with ACS.

Methods: We retrospectively collected patients with ACS undergoing coronary angiography between January 2012 and December 2013.

Results: In total, 825 patients with a mean age of 62.

The evaluation of renal hemodynamics changes in Familial Mediterranean fever with color Doppler sonography.

Background: Renal resistive index (RRI) scanned through renal Doppler is a practical marker employed in measuring blood flow in renal and intrarenal arteries and in noninvasive evaluation of renal vascular resistance. We aimed to investigate the renal hemodynamic variations in patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF).

Material And Methods: Seventy-nine FMF patients and 51 healthy subjects suitable for age and sex were included.

Total pulmonary vein diameter is a strong predictor of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Objective: Recent studies have shown that the pulmonary veins are important in atrial fibrillation (AF). This study evaluated the relationship between total pulmonary vein diameter and postoperative AF in on-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients.

Patients And Methods: Our study enrolled 149 patients undergoing on-pump CABG.

Influence of obstructive sleep apnea on ischemia-modified albumin levels and carotid intima-media thickness.

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with an increased risk of atherosclerosis. Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is strongly associated with the presence of significant risk factors for cardiovascular disturbances. A disturbance in the oxidative/antioxidative balance is involved in the pathogenesis of OSA and cardiovascular diseases.

Reference ranges of liver and spleen dimensions in term infants: sonographic measurements.

Purpose: To determine reference values of ultrasonographic measurements of the liver and spleen in newborns and to provide a reference chart to use easily in daily practice.

Methods: In this prospective study, spleen and liver dimensions were evaluated in 384 healthy newborns with a gestation age ≥37 weeks in an obstetrics clinic and neonatal intensive care unit with sonography within the first week of life. Relationships of all dimensions with sex, gestational age, height, and weight were statistically analyzed.

Experience with Vacuum-Assisted Closure in the Management of Postpneumonectomy Empyema: An Analysis of Eight Cases.

Background: The treatment of postpneumonectomic empyema is challenging. The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) in the treatment of patients with open window thoracostomy (OWT).

Methods: Between January 2010 and April 2014, eight patients developed empyema following pneumonectomy for malignant diseases in our department and then underwent an OWT with subsequent VAC therapy; their cases were retrospectively studied.

The loss of CD34+ cells in peripheral hematopoietic stem cell products cryopreserved by non-controlled rate freezing and stored at -80 °C after overnight storage.

Although peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) products cryopreserved by non-controlled rate freezing and stored at -80 °C after overnight storage are used frequently, data regarding the rate of loss of CD34+ cells in these products are limited. In this prospective study, CD34+ cells were counted at three (fresh, post-overnight and post-thaw) points in 83 PBSC products from 41 patients by flow cytometry. Compared to fresh products, the mean losses of post-overnight and post-thaw total CD34+ cells are 16.

Reference ranges of kidney dimensions in term newborns: sonographic measurements.

Background: Ultrasonographic measurement of kidney dimensions is important in evaluation of renal disease during the neonatal period, when renal abnormalities are common and renal size rapidly changes with age.

Objective: To determine the reference ranges of kidney dimensions in newborns and to provide a reference chart for daily practice.

Materials And Methods: In this prospective study, kidney dimensions were evaluated in 385 healthy newborns with a gestational age ≥37 weeks.

CD31 expression on peripheral blood stem cells predicts both early neutrophil and platelet engraftments.

No detailed information currently exists about the immune phenotypic profiles of peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) obtained by different mobilization regimens. The effects of these profiles on the outcome of transplantation are largely unknown. In this prospective study, the surface immune phenotypic features (CD11a, CD18, CD31, CD38, CD44, CD62e, CD62L, CD90, CD117, CD135 and CD184 expression) of sorted PBSCs that had been mobilized by growth factor with (group I and group II) or without (group III) disease-specific chemotherapies were investigated.

The clearance time of infused hematopoietic stem cell from the blood circulation.

There is no detailed information about the clearance time of infused hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) from the blood circulation in humans. In this prospective study, peripheral blood CD34+ cell counts were detected during the 4days period following autologous HSC transplantation in 20 patients by means of flow cytometry. The median CD34+ cells were at the highest level in the first hour and decreased below pre-infusion values on the first day after HSC infusion.

Advanced age and apnea-hypopnea index predict subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

Background: Both obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and coronary artery calcification (CAC) are considered to be related with the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD). In this study we evaluate the association between OSAS and presence of subclinical atherosclerosis assessed by tomographic coronary calcium score in patients who had OSAS but no history of known CAD.

Methods: Seventy-three patients who were asymptomatic for CAD and had suspected OSAS were referred to overnight attended polysomnography.