Potential anti-proliferative activity of Salix mucronata and Triticum spelta plant extracts on liver and colorectal cancer cell lines.

Cancer's etiology is linked to oxidative stress. As a result, it's vital to find effective natural antioxidant remedies. Salix mucronata and Triticum spelta plant extracts were prepared using five different solvents and examined for their cytotoxicity against liver HepG2 cancer cell line.

Impact of ICD artifact burden on late gadolinium enhancement cardiac MR imaging in patients undergoing ventricular tachycardia ablation.

Background: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) is the gold standard for myocardial scar evaluation. Although ideal for substrate assessment in ventricular tachycardia (VT), most patients have an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) at presentation for ablation. This study evaluates the ICD artifact burden during standard late gadolinium enhancement CMRI (LGE-CMRI) evaluation of myocardial scar in VT patients with ICDs.

Assessment of ventricular tachycardia scar substrate by intracardiac echocardiography.

Background: Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) is increasingly used to guide complex ablation procedures. This study aimed to assess the scar substrate of ventricular tachycardia (VT) by ICE in patients undergoing VT ablation.

Methods: In 22 patients undergoing VT ablation (10 ischemic, 12 nonischemic), the Biosense CARTOSOUND module (Biosense Webster, Diamond Bar, CA, USA) was used for three-dimensional reconstruction of the ventricles.

Impact of fluoroscopy unit on the accuracy of a magnet-based electroanatomic mapping and navigation system: an in vitro and in vivo validation study.

Introduction: During mapping and ablation procedures, the movement of large ferromagnetic items (i.e., fluoroscopic equipment) introduce heterogeneities in the electromagnetic field, which may affect the accuracy of electromagnet-based navigation.

Integration of 3-dimensional scar models from SPECT to guide ventricular tachycardia ablation.

Unlabelled: The integration of myocardial scar models in 3-dimensional (3D) mapping systems may provide a novel way of helping to guide ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablations. This study assessed the value of (201)Tl SPECT perfusion imaging to define ventricular myocardial scar areas and to characterize electrophysiology voltage-derived myocardial substrate categories of scar, border zone (BZ), and normal myocardium regions. Scar and BZ regions have been implicated in the genesis of ventricular arrhythmias.