Context: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been revealed as a severe illness with a wide-ranging cardiac manifestation and has a worldwide burden on the health-care system.
Aims: Our aim in this study is to assess the impact of mild COVID-19 infection on cardiac function in patients without previous structural heart disease.
Settings And Design: We evaluated 100 outpatients with a history of mild COVID-19 infection without needing hospitalization within 3 weeks to 3 months after recovery from the acute phase of the illness between August 2020 and July 2021.
Prostate cancer is one of the most common and fatal diseases among men, and its early diagnosis can have a significant impact on the treatment process and prevent mortality. Since it does not have apparent clinical symptoms in the early stages, it is difficult to diagnose. In addition, the disagreement of experts in the analysis of magnetic resonance images is also a significant challenge.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe present study aimed to evaluate the outcomes of percutaneous treatment of aortic coarctation using self-expandable uncovered Nitinol stents. We conducted a retrospective clinical data review of all patients with aortic coarctation and treated with self-expandable uncovered Nitinol stents at our institution between 2009 and 2019. The gradient pressure across the coarctation site was measured using aortography.
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Aim: A systematic review and meta-analysis were performed to investigate posterior tibial nerve electrical stimulation application methods in patients with chronic constipation.
Background: Posterior tibial nerve electrical stimulation is a management procedure for chronic constipation.
Methods: A comprehensive search was conducted on Ovid, PubMed, Scopus, ProQuest, Web of Science, and The Cochrane Library based on the PICO formation of the study.