Towards survival prediction of cancer patients using medical images.

Survival prediction of a patient is a critical task in clinical medicine for physicians and patients to make an informed decision. Several survival and risk scoring methods have been developed to estimate the survival score of patients using clinical information. For instance, the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) and Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk scores are developed for the survival prediction of heart patients.

Validity of GRACE Risk Score as a Prognostic Marker of In-hospital Mortality after Acute Coronary Syndrome.

Objective: To determine validity of GRACE risk score as a determinant of immediate death during hospitalization for Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and analyze the percentage of cardiac deaths among high, intermediate and low risk groups.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Coronary Care Unit of Mayo Hospital, Lahore, from April to July 2015.

The Trends of CRP Levels at Different Waist-to-Hip Ratios Among Normotensive Overweight and Obese Patients: A Pilot Study.

Objective: To determine the correlation between CRP (C-reactive protein) and Waist to Hip Ratio (WHR) among over weight and obese patients with normal blood pressure.

Study Design: An analytical study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Medical indoor and outpatient clinics of Mayo Hospital, Lahore, from March to August 2013.

Correlation of CRP, fasting serum triglycerides and obesity as cardiovascular risk factors.

Objective: To determine the correlation of C-reactive protein (CRP) with fasting triglycerides (TG) among pre-obese and obese patients without established diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD).

Study Design: A comparative cross-sectional study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Mayo Hospital, Lahore, from January to June 2010.

Concomitant tuberculous meningitis and Lutembacher syndrome with multiple atrial septal defects and infective endocarditis.

Lutembacher syndrome is a rare combination of atrial septal defect (ASD) and mitral stenosis. Symptoms depend on the size of ASD, extent of mitral stenosis and degree of changes in the pulmonary circulation. Presentation can be due to cardiac failure, atrial arrhythmias, dyspnoea, exercise intolerance, paradoxical emboli or other disease related complications like pulmonary hypertension and infective endocarditis.