The Lived Experience of Ethiopian Women After Mastectomy due to Breast Cancer: A Qualitative Study.

Background: The impact of breast absence on women's lived experiences is not well studied in Sub-Saharan Africa particularly in Ethiopia, with implications for service design. This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of Ethiopian women after mastectomy due to breast cancer.

Methods: A qualitative study approach was used to explore the experiences of women who underwent a mastectomy at the oncology unit of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital.

Right ventricular metastasis from unclassified Renal Cell Carcinoma.

Background: Cardiac metastasis of unclassified renal cell carcinoma (RCC) subtype is very rare, and even more so is an isolated right ventricular (RV) metastasis without vena cava extension or right atrial involvement. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a cardiac metastasis of an unclassified RCC (an aggressive RCC) without vena cava extension.

Case Presentation: A 61-year-old African American male with past medical history of hypertension and schizophrenia presented to the emergency room following 2 episodes of syncope and 3-month history of progressive neck mass.

The diagnostic and prognostic utility of risk factors defined by the AHA/ACCF on the evaluation of cardiac disease in liver transplantation candidates.

Background: The diagnostic and prognostic utility of risk factors proposed by the 2012 American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology Foundation (AHA/ACCF) Scientific Statement on the cardiac assessment of asymptomatic liver transplantation candidates have not been validated. We investigated whether the sum of risk factors proposed by the AHA/ACCF can identify liver transplant candidates at increased cardiac risk.

Methods: In a retrospective cohort of consecutive liver transplantation recipients, we calculated, for each subject, the pre-transplantation sum of AHA/ACCF risk factors (age > 60 years, prior cardiovascular disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, smoking, and left ventricular hypertrophy).

Impact of pretransplant mitral annular calcification on the incidence of cardiac events after renal transplantation.

Background: Mitral annular calcification (MAC) is associated with increased risk of major adverse cardiac events. We hypothesized that MAC, identified on a pretransplant transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), is predictive of cardiac events following renal transplantation (RT).

Methods: In a retrospective cohort of consecutive RT recipients, pretransplant MAC presence and severity were determined on TTE performed within 1 year prior to transplant.