Exhaled Air Metabolome Analysis for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Fingerprints Identification-The Preliminary Study.

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare disease with a serious prognosis. The aim of this study was to identify biomarkers for PAH in the breath phase and to prepare an automatic classification method to determine the changing metabolome trends and molecular mapping. A group of 37 patients (F/M: 8/29 women, mean age 60.

Coronary interventions via radial artery without pre-procedural routine use of spasmolytic agents.

Introduction: Radial access reduces the number of vascular complications. Radial artery spasm (RAS) can be prevented by the use of spasmolytic agents. However, use of these drugs can be possibly limited to certain groups of patients.

Severe degenerative aortic stenosis with preserved ejection fraction does not change adipokines serum levels.

Background: The role of the adipokines in the pathogenesis of aortic stenosis (AS) is not well established. The aim was to evaluate the relationship between adipokines and clinical characteristics as well as echocardiographic indices and noninvasive markers of vascular remodeling in patients with severe AS with preserved ejection fraction (EF).

Methods: Sixty-five patients (F/M: 38/27; age: 68.

Echocardiographic evaluation of myocardial strain in patients after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Introduction: Echocardiographic evaluation of regional myocardial function helps to assess the efficacy of therapeutic interventions and to predict the prognosis and clinical outcomes.

Aim: To assess whether myocardial strain can be useful in estimation of left ventricle (LV) function in patients who have undergone transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).

Material And Methods: Twenty-six patients with severe aortic stenosis, who successfully underwent TAVI, were enrolled in the study.

Subjective assessment of rehabilitation protocol by patients after ACL reconstruction - preliminary report.

Background: Subjective evaluation by patients has recently become an important adjunct to postoperative clinical assessment. Apart from standard physical examination, scales demonstrating patients’ subjective outcome measures are used for assessing the efficacy of the treatment and rehabilitation of knee ligamentous injuries. The present work presents patients’ subjective assessment of rehabilitation protocols after ACL reconstruction.

The effects of treatment the avascular necrosis of the femoral head with extracorporeal focused shockwave therapy.

Background.Avascular necrosis of the femoral head continues to represent a major challenge for the orthopaedist and trauma surgeon. A fully effective method of treatment is yet to be introduced.

Laceration of abdominal aorta by a fragment of fractured L2 vertebral body after a low-energy injury: a case report and review of literature.

Study Design: A rare case of direct injury to the wall of abdominal aorta caused by a displaced fracture of the L2 vertebral body resulting from a low-energy injury. Potential injury mechanism and predisposing factors are discussed along with a review of literature pertaining to the subject.

Objective: To describe a unique case of direct aortic wall injury caused by a displaced vertebral body fracture.

Retransfusion of shed blood collected in drains after Total Knee Replacement.

Background: Total knee arthroplasty is associated with a perioperative blood loss, which is usually addressed with transfusion of allogenic blood. The possible risks of such treatment include viral infection, immunologic complications and occasional lack of blood products. Recently, retransfusion of blood recovered from the operative field or drains has become an effective treatment for blood loss.