Impact of preoperative body mass index on long-term survival, quality of life, and functional outcomes after pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: Results from the UK National Cohort.

Background: Previous studies have demonstrated the safety of pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) across body mass index (BMI) strata. However, long-term survival and patient-reported outcome measures by BMI strata remain unknown. We examined the impact of preoperative BMI on long-term survival, QOL, and functional outcomes for patients undergoing PEA for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH).

Assessment of peri-implant bone stress distribution with the effect of attachment type and implant location using finite element analysis.

Background: The objective of the current research was to evaluate how stress is distributed in the peri-implant bone of a mandibular overdenture with implants placed asymmetrically to the midline.

Methods: A 26-year-old male's mandible, with missing teeth, was examined using computed tomography (CT) scanning. Two implants were inserted at right angles to the occlusal plane, in the positions of the right canine and left lateral incisor of the mandible, with an internal connection.

Inhibitory effects of thymol and carvacrol on heme degradation and oxidative products due to tartrazine: and studies.

The pathology of many diseases arises from oxidative stress and cell destruction. Antioxidant application is one of the most important ways for oxidative stress prevention in the cells and its consequent effects. The present study investigated the natural antioxidants inhibitory effects of thymol and carvacrol on human hemoglobin treated with tartrazine.

Balloon pulmonary angioplasty outcomes in patients previously treated by pulmonary endarterectomy surgery are inferior to those of inoperable patients.

Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) may not achieve full clearance of vascular obstructions in patients with more distal chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) may be indicated to treat these residual vascular lesions. We compared whether patients post-PEA (PP) treated by BPA derived similar benefit to those who had inoperable CTEPH (IC), and assessed predictors of BPA response after surgery.

Prognostic value of fragmented QRS in acute pulmonary embolism: a cross-sectional-analytic study of the Iranian population.

Background: Acute Pulmonary embolism (APE) is considered one of the deadliest cardiovascular diseases. Electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities in pulmonary embolism (PE) are increasingly reported. A growing number of studies have recommended that ECG plays a crucial role in the prognostic assessment of PE patients.