Publications by authors named "O Tomer"
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- The study focuses on the diagnostic process of Brugada syndrome (BrS) using ajmaline to expose the Type 1 Brugada pattern in patients, highlighting limited data on different populations.
- It analyzed 260 patients (average age 43.4, mostly males) who underwent ajmaline tests, revealing a significant number with syncope history and family backgrounds of BrS or sudden cardiac death.
- Results showed that less than half of the subjects met the current diagnostic criteria for BrS, but the overall rate of serious arrhythmia events was low over a median follow-up period of three years.
Background: Variants in Filamin-C (FLNC) have been associated with various hereditary cardiomyopathies. Recent literature reports a prevalence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) of 13-25% among carriers of truncating-variants, with mean age of 42±15 years for first SCD event. This study reports two familial cases of SCD and the results of cascade screening of their large family.
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- Vipera palaestinae (VP) is the most common snake in Israel and is responsible for most snakebites, leading to a variety of symptoms from local reactions to potentially fatal systemic responses.
- Antivenom can reduce complications and mortality for high-risk patients but also carries its own risks, and there is currently no standardized treatment protocol for adult VP bites.
- A study analyzing 159 patients treated for VP bites identified key factors such as gender, bite location, and specific blood parameters that correlate with longer hospitalization times and increased complications.
The human connectome is the complete structural description of the network of connections and elements that form the 'wiring diagram' of the brain. Due to the current scarcity of information regarding laminar end points of white matter tracts inside cortical grey matter, tractography remains focused on cortical partitioning into regions, while ignoring radial partitioning into laminar components. To overcome this biased representation of the cortex as a single homogenous unit, we use a recent data-derived model of cortical laminar connectivity, which has been further explored and corroborated in the macaque brain by comparison to published studies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn Israeli national survey on ischemic colitis induced by pre-colonoscopy bowel preparation (R1).
Acta Gastroenterol Belg
March 2022
Background And Study Aims: Ischemic colitis (IC) may occur as a complication of colonoscopy. The aim of this study was to characterize patients with IC that occurred after exposure to bowel preparation laxatives, prior to an elective colonoscopy.
Patients And Methods: A survey among Israeli gastroenterologists.