Prevalence and Predictors of Atherosclerotic Peripheral Arterial Obstructive Disease in Severe Heart Valve Diseases.

Despite witnessing an upsurge in heart valve diseases (HVDs), the correlation between HVDs and atherosclerotic peripheral arterial obstructive disease (PAOD) remains unclear. This study aims to investigate the prevalence and predictors of PAOD in HVDs.In this study, a total of 245 consecutive patients were examined: 153 with severe aortic valve stenosis (AS), 66 with severe primary mitral valve regurgitation (MR), and 26 with severe pure native aortic valve regurgitation (AR).

The clinical characteristics and prognosis of lesions with in-stent eccentric tissue proliferation and strong signal attenuation detected by optical coherence tomography.

There are still some patients who require repeat revascularization despite of drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings and recurring target lesion revascularization (TLR) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for in-stent restenosis (ISR). We reviewed 50 patients (54 coronary lesions) who underwent PCI for ISR, which included 25 DES-ISR lesions.

[A case of submucosal invasive cancer of the sigmoid colon, recurring as multiple liver metastases one year after the surgery].

A 55-year-old woman underwent colonoscopy due to a positive fecal occult blood test during a mass screening examination, and a 0-Ip type early cancer in the sigmoid colon was found. Endoscopic mucosal resection was performed for this lesion. Histological examination of the endoscopic resected specimen showed a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma invading submucosal layer (depth of invasion, 6,000 microm), positive lymph vessel invasion, and cut end negative.