A Clinical Audit on the Indications for Intervention With Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Over Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Aortic Stenosis Patients in Mohammed Bin Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa Specialist Cardiac Centre.

Introduction Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a novel treatment strategy used to treat patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis. It utilizes a percutaneous approach and is preferred over surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in patients at high surgical risk. The aim of this study was to audit the indications of the intervention with TAVI over SAVR in Bahrain Defence Force Hospital, Mohammed Bin Khalifa Bin Sulman AlKhalifa Cardiac Centre (BDF-MKCC), as well as note the outcomes of patients who underwent TAVI.

The Effect of High-Dose Methyl Vitamin B12 Therapy on Epileptogenesis in Rats: An In Vivo Study.

Introduction Epileptogenesis has been considered one of the most prevalent diseases affecting significant numbers of individuals worldwide. Since vitamin B12 has been reported to possess antiepileptic effects, this supports that vitamin B12 deficiency is correlated to seizure occurrence. Hence, this study aimed to evaluate the neuroprotective effects of vitamin B12 injection on pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced rats.