Publications by authors named "S Prayaga"
Case Report: the transcatheter extraction of an atrial mass (TEXAS) technique.
Eur Heart J Case Rep
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- Intracardiac masses, usually treated with surgery, can now be removed using evolving non-surgical techniques, as demonstrated in a case involving a 77-year-old woman with a large right atrial mass.
- The mass, 40 mm in size, was removed percutaneously using a large suction cannula and an electrified snare, avoiding surgery and leading to a successful outcome despite a complication (haemopericardium) that was treated effectively.
- The case utilized the TEXAS technique, a modification of the SEATTLE procedure, marking it as the largest reported case of percutaneous removal of an intracardiac tumor, indicating potential for this method for smaller tumors in the future.
Background: Psychotropic drug changes during medical hospitalizations may lead to psychiatric and medical readmissions.
Methods: One-year hospitalization records of nursing home patients with chronic mental illness and a psychotropic drug change during medical admission were reviewed. We calculated the readmission rates for 30, 60, and 90 days; the classes of the psychotropic drugs changed; the reason for change; and the specialties of the responsible physicians.
Neurodegenerative diseases are largely defined by protein aggregates in affected tissues. Aggregates contain some shared components as well as proteins thought to be specific for each disease. Aggregation has not previously been reported in the normal, aging heart or the hypertensive heart.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this paper, we describe a novel strategy for the fabrication of a nanosensor for detecting luteinizing hormone (LH) of sheep using a gold nanoparticle-peptide conjugate. A new peptide sequence "CDHPPLPDILFL" (leutinizing hormone peptide, LHP) has been identified, using BLAST and Clustal W analysis, to detect antibody of LH (sheep). LHP has been synthesized and characterized, and their affinity toward anti-LH was established using enzyme linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) technique.
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