Bibliometrix analysis of medical tourism.

Medical tourism is an expanding phenomenon. Scientific studies address the changes and challenges of the present and future trend. However, no research considers the study of bibliometric variables and area of business, management and accounting.

Linking cognitive abilities with the propensity for risk-taking: the balloon analogue risk task.

There is great interest about the individual differences that influence the ability of dealing with risky decisions. In this light, an intriguing question is whether decision-making during risk is related to other cognitive abilities, especially executive functions. To investigate, in healthy subjects, the existence of a possible correlation between risk-taking and cognitive abilities, the balloon analogue risk task (BART) has been exploited to assess risk-taking propensity and the random number generation (RNG), to investigate cognitive functions.

The effect of practice on random number generation task: a transcranial direct current stimulation study.

Random number generation (RNG) is a procedurally-simple task related to specific executive functions, such as updating and monitoring of information and inhibition of automatic responses. The effect of practice on executive functions has been widely investigated, however little is known on the impact of practice on RNG. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) allows to modulate, non-invasively, brain activity and to enhance the effects of training on executive functions.

Impact of DEL22q11, trisomy 21, and other genetic syndromes on surgical outcome of conotruncal heart defects.

Objective: Genetic syndromes occur in more than 20% of patients with conotruncal heart defects. We investigated the impact of genetic syndromes on the surgical outcome of conotruncal anomalies in infancy.

Methods: This retrospective study reviews the outcome of 787 patients (median age 6.

Transannular patching is a valid alternative for tetralogy of Fallot and complete atrioventricular septal defect repair.

Objective: We report our experience with repair of tetralogy of Fallot associated with complete atrioventricular septal defect, addressing in particular the need for a pulmonary valve in the right ventricular outflow tract.

Methods: Between 1992 and 2006, 33 children with tetralogy of Fallot and complete atrioventricular septal defect were admitted; 26 had Down's syndrome (79%). Thirty-two children had complete repair (18 primary, 14 staged); of the 15 who received initial palliation, 1 died before complete repair.

A successfully novel ICD implantation and medical treatment in a child with LQT syndrome and self-limiting ventricular fibrillation.

Beta-blocker is the first line drug therapy for congenital long QT syndrome. However, in some children this drug is ineffective. In a non-responder patient, Shimizu et al.

Genetic syndromes and outcome after surgical correction of tetralogy of Fallot.

Background: Genetic syndromes occur in 20% of patients with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). The impact of genetic syndromes on surgical repair of TOF in infancy is still under investigation.

Methods: This retrospective study reviews the outcome of 306 consecutive patients (median age, 5.