Prognostic impact of main pulmonary artery to ascending aorta diameter ratio in patients with severe aortic stenosis underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) and right ventricular dysfunction are poor prognostic predictors in patients underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for severe aortic stenosis (AS).

Aims: The prognostic impact of the main pulmonary artery/ascending aorta diameter ratio (MPA/AOr), measured simply by computed-tomographic angiography (CTA), was investigated in this patient group.

Methods: A total of 374 retrospectively evaluated patients (mean age 78.

Leptospirosis during the COVID-19 pandemic: a case report.

Since SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19) has been labeled as a pandemic, it took the spotlight in the differential diagnosis for patients presenting with acute respiratory and systemic symptoms. Leptospirosis is one of the most common zoonoses in the world, yet it is mainly a disease of differential diagnosis for places that do not have it as an endemic. Due to the high burden of COVID-19 on the healthcare field, patients suffering from other infections may have been inadvertently neglected.

Isolated Intestine Transplantation for Autoimmune Enteropathy: A Case Report.

Autoimmune enteropathy is a rare disease characterized by chronic watery diarrhea, weight loss, and immune-mediated injury of the enterocolic mucosa. The clinicopathologic findings of this disease are variable, and timely diagnosis is challenging. It is usually managed medically.

Absence of the SLC22A12 gene mutation in Turkish population with primary gout disease.

The aim of the study was to examine whether SLC22A12 gene mutations might be influenced in primary gout disease. We included 32 patients with diagnosis of primary gout disease and 100 healthy volunteers. DNA was purified from peripheral blood, and all exons of the SLC22A12 gene were sequenced.

Positiveness of purified protein derivatives in rheumatoid arthritis patients who are not receiving immunosuppressive therapy.

In recent years, biological agents have emerged as the most popular drugs for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The most frightening side effects of biological agents are infections, with tuberculosis being the leader. On account of the fact that biological agents have been used widespread, a number of algorithms have been developed to search latent tuberculosis.

Diagnostic value and clinical significance of anti-CCP in patients with advanced rheumatoid arthritis.

Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of anticyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) in patients with advanced rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to compare it with those in control subjects. Further, to study the relation between the anti-CCP and the disease activity parameters in these patients.

Patients And Methods: Seventy-six RA patients who had a mean disease duration of 9.

Factors affecting one year mortality and functional outcome after first ever ischemic stroke in the region of Antalya, Turkey (a hospital-based study).

In order to establish good health politics for stroke survivors, regional differences in factors affecting the outcome of patients have to be known. For this purpose we investigated factors affecting 1 year mortality and functional outcome in patients with first-ever-in a lifetime stroke in the region of Antalya, Turkey. One-hundred and forty-seven patients with a first ever stroke were included and followed up for at least one year.