Publications by authors named "S V Pavlovich"
Objectives: To evaluate the prognostic value (total mortality + repeated hospitalization for heart failure (HF)) of ultrasound diagnostic methods in patients with acute decompensated HF (ADHF).
Methods: The subjects were patients with chronic HF, who were hospitalized for ADHF. Using ultrasound methods-lung ultrasound, ultrasound assessment of hepatic venous congestion as per the venous excess ultrasound (VExUS) protocol, and indirect elastometry-we assessed the number of B-lines, hepatic venous congestion, and liver density of the patients.
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- * This study analyzes the lipid profiles from menstrual blood samples of women with and without endometriosis to identify specific lipid markers that could aid in diagnosis.
- * Key findings reveal that certain lipids, such as specific ceramides and cardiolipins, are altered in women with endometriosis, and two particular lipids showed promising diagnostic accuracy with 81% sensitivity and 85% specificity.
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- An observational study was conducted on patients with early-stage endometrial cancer and atypical endometrial hyperplasia who were seeking to preserve their reproductive functions via organ-preserving treatments.
- The study aimed to analyze gene methylation levels in tissue samples from these patients before treatment, comparing those with good responses to hormonal therapy to those with insufficient responses.
- Results indicated that while all patients with atypical hyperplasia had a complete response to treatment, there were significant differences in gene methylation levels among groups, highlighting varying responses between those with endometrial cancer and the control group; however, the differences in methylation levels were not statistically significant for the complete response group.
The objective of the study was to evaluate the profile of serum autoantibodies and their diagnostic and pathogenetic significance in ovarian endometrioma (OEM) and deep infiltrative endometriosis (DIE). The study enrolled 74 patients with endometriosis (Group 1), including 53 patients with OEM (Subgroup 1a); 21 patients with DIE without ovarian lesions (Subgroup 1b); and 27 patients without endometriosis (Group 2). The diagnosis was confirmed by laparoscopic surgery and histologic examination of resected tissues.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis preliminary limited study considers the possibility of the same source identification of consecutively 3D printed components using polymer filament by the examination of deposition artifacts as distinctive macroscopic and microscopic surface characteristics upon the surface of 3D printed objects. Hot-end printer nozzle deposition using polymer filaments can create distinctive surface characteristics upon 3D FDM-printed manufactured objects that can be identified, examined, and compared. Such artifacts can occur as repeatable patterns known as 'deposition striae', 'detachment points', and 'start points' upon the surfaces of an object and on consecutively manufactured components that have used the same 3D Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) printer hardware.
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