The Relationship Between Obesity and Internet Addiction in University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between obesity and internet addiction in first-year university students (aged 18-25 years).

Design: The study was designed using a cross-sectional analytic model.

Setting: Data collection took place at Dokuz Eylul University, involving a diverse group of first-year students from different faculties.

Clinical evaluation of leukocyte filtration as an alternative anti-inflammatory strategy to aprotinin in high-risk patients undergoing coronary revascularization.

Purpose: The use of aprotinin in cardiac surgery is associated with overriding safety concerns. Therefore, there is increased research on alternatives. This study investigated the relative benefits of strategic leukofiltration on polymer-coated extracorporeal circuits (ECC), aprotinin, and combined therapy in high-risk patients.

Experience with the Edwards MIRA mechanical bileaflet valve in the aortic and mitral positions.

The Edwards MIRA bileaflet mechanical prosthesis, a heart valve not yet available in the United States, is designed with a unique hinge mechanism, curved leaflets, and thin titanium housing. We performed this study to investigate its clinical performance and postoperative hemodynamic results. We implanted 58 Edwards MIRA prostheses in 51 patients in the aortic (n = 18), mitral (n = 26), and aortic and mitral (n = 7) positions.

St. Jude Medical and CarboMedics mechanical heart valves in the aortic position: comparison of long-term results.

We designed this study to compare long-term results of St. Jude Medical and CarboMedics mechanical heart valves in the aortic position. We retrospectively analyzed the results of 174 consecutive patients who received either a St.

Aberrant patent ductus arteriosus associated with double brachiocephalic trunk and interrupted left subclavian artery.

Although patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is the most common type of extracardiac shunt, aberrant PDA associated with other cardiac malformations as double brachiocephalic trunk and interrupted left subclavian artery is extremely rare. To the best of our knowledge, the literature contains no other report of a patient who has PDA originated from left subclavian artery associated with ventricular septal defect (VSD), double brachiocephalic trunk and interrupted left subclavian artery.

Regression of left ventricular hypertrophy after aortic valve replacement in patients over 55 years old with different valve types.

Background: We planned a prospective study to evaluate the regression of left ventricular mass one year after surgery in older patients (
Material/methods: Between 1998 and 2000, 54 patients had aortic valve replacement with stentless bioprostheses (14 CryoLife-O'Brien, 40 Medtronic Freestyle), and 62 patients had aortic valve replacement with St. Jude Medical mechanical valve.