Publications by authors named "Marius Militaru"
Introduction: Schwannomas are benign solitary, slow-growing, encapsulated, asymptomatic tumors arising from Schwann's sheath of nervous fibers.
Objectives: The current paper presents all the cases diagnosed with different types of schwannomas in the head and neck region between January 2009 and December 2023 in the Western part of Romania. In this period, ten cases of schwannoma were identified.
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is one of the most common malignant tumors in the head and neck region. The carcinogenesis is a complex process stimulated by many factors. Although the etiological factors and pathogenic mechanisms are not elucidated, the genetic susceptibility, environmental factors, and association with latent infection with Epstein-Barr Virus play an important role.
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- Cognitive decline is more common in patients with type 2 diabetes (DM-2), especially when they also have atrial fibrillation (AF).
- A study involving 160 subjects showed that those with both DM-2 and AF scored significantly lower on cognitive assessments compared to those without these conditions.
- The research indicates that older age and conditions like dyslipidemia increase the risk of developing cognitive decline in patients with DM-2 and AF.
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- Hypertensive patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) show significant cognitive impairment and early signs of subclinical atherosclerosis compared to those without AF.
- Assessments indicated that cognitive tests (like MMSE and MoCA) scored lower, while activities of daily living and intima-media thickness (IMT) scored higher in patients with AF, especially in those using non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants.
- Older patients (over 65) with AF had even more pronounced cognitive decline and a greater increase in IMT, highlighting the need for awareness and preventive measures for cognitive changes in this high-risk group.
Background/aim: Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity may be observed during treatment or may cause severe cardiac failure as the main cause of death, even several years after therapy implementation. Herein, the aim was to establish the early diagnosis of cardiotoxicity through the periodic evaluation of the left ventricular (LV) and vascular remodeling parameters, in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
Materials And Methods: The study population included 35 patients diagnosed with ALL, evaluated before and 3 months after starting chemotherapy, measuring systolic and diastolic parameters of the LV and intima-media thickness (IMT), arterial stiffness aortic pulse wave velocity (PWVAo) and ankle-brachial index (ABI).
Unlabelled: Aim To assess the onset of early left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic function impairment and the subclinical atherosclerosis following chemotherapy in patients diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
Materials And Methods: Thirty patients diagnosed with AML with no cardiac history, having LV ejection fraction (LVEF) >50%, were evaluated at baseline and 6 months after starting four cycles of chemotherapy. We measured LV function, global longitudinal strain and subclinical atherosclerosis markers: intima-media thickness (IMT), arterial stiffness aortic pulse wave velocity (PWVAo) and ankle-brachial index (ABI).