Coil-assisted ethanol embolization of traumatic arteriovenous fistulas: a 10-year retrospective study.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ethanol embolization in treating traumatic arteriovenous fistulas (TAVFs).

Materials And Methods: From March 2012 to April 2020, 42 consecutive patients (29.9 ± 15.

Cobb syndrome effectively treated with trametinib.

Cobb syndrome is a rare neurocutaneous disease characterized by vascular anomalies involving the skin and spinal cord at the same metamere. The most common initial symptoms are neurological manifestations such as pain, monoparesis, headache, scoliosis, and motor damage. We present two patients with Cobb syndrome and severe disease burden harboring somatic mutations in KRAS.

The global burden of cardiovascular disease attributable to diet high in sugar-sweetened beverages among people aged 60 years and older: an analysis for the global burden of disease study 2019.

Objectives: This study aimed to quantify the global cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden attributable to diet high in sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) among adults aged 60 years and older using data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2019.

Methods: We extracted data on CVD mortality, disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and risk-factor exposures from the GBD 2019 study for people aged 60 and older. Age-period-cohort models were used to estimate the overall annual percentage change in mortality and DALY rate (net drift, % per year), mortality and DALY rate for each age group from 1990 to 2019 (local drift, % per year), longitudinal age-specific rate corrected for period bias (age effect), and mortality and Daly rate for each age group from 1990 to 2019 (local drift, % per year).

Global Burden of Stroke Attributable to Low Physical Activity/High Body Mass Index Among People Aged 55 Years and Older.

Background: This study aimed to quantify the global stroke burden attributable to low physical activity and high body mass index in adults aged ≥55 years using data from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study.

Methods: We extracted data on stroke mortality, disability-adjusted life years, and risk factor exposure from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study for people aged ≥55 years. We calculated the population-attributable fraction and absolute number of stroke cases and disability-adjusted life years attributable to low physical activity and high body mass index by location, age group, sex, and year.

Ethanol embolization of arteriovenous malformations in the buttock: ten-year experiences in diagnoses and treatment options.

Background: Clinically, arteriovenous malformations in the buttocks (bAVMs) are extremely rare. Our study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ethanol embolotherapy in managing bAVMs.

Results: A total of 32 patients with bAVMs (14 females and 18 males) from 2012 to 2021 were included in this study.

Teaching NeuroImage: Clinical and Imaging Features of Cobb Syndrome.

A 17-year-old boy with typical neurodevelopment presented with 3 months of lower-limb weakness without a history of trauma. Physical examination, plain radiography and a T2-weighted MRI revealed a port-wine stain over the lumbar region, significant scoliosis below the cervical segment, and a multifocal flow void sign (steal phenomenon) from epidural space to dorso-lumbar spine, respectively (Figure 1). CT angiography identified an enhancing dorsal vascular mass with involvement of the spinal canal including destruction of the vertebral body determined to be extensive arteriovenous shunts on digital subtraction angiography (DSA) (Figure 2).

Global burden of asthma in young adults in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: Systematic analysis of the Global burden of disease study 2019.

Asthma is a common chronic respiratory disease, with onset usually occurring during childhood or adolescence. The aim of this study was to estimate the dynamic changes in the burden of asthma disease among adolescents (aged 15-39 years). Between 1990 and 2019, our comprehensive analysis spanned 204 nations and territories to ascertain the global prevalence of asthma.

[Clinical analysis of interventional embolization for 9 cases with frontal arteriovenous malformation].

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy and safety of interventional embolization in the treatment of frontal arteriovenous malformation (AVM).

Methods: A retrospective study was used to analyze 9 patients with frontal AVM who were treated in Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. The patients were treated with interventional embolization under the guidance of DSA.

Angiographic Types of Palpebral Arteriovenous Malformations and Relevant Therapeutic Options Based on Ethanol Embolization: A Multicenter Study.

Purpose: The present work aimed to determine the different angio-architectural types of palpebral arteriovenous malformations (pAVMs) and appropriate ethanol embolotherapy for each type.

Materials And Methods: This was a multi-center comparative effectiveness research retrospectively conducted from November 2012 to October 2021. A total of 70 patients with pAVMs were included, which was classified into cystic pAVMs (n=29) and diffuse pAVMs (n=41) based on the angio-architecture.

Assessing volatile organic compounds exposure and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases in US adults.

Background: Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a large group of chemicals widely used in People's Daily life. There is increasing evidence of the cumulative toxicity of VOCs. However, the association between VOCs and the risk of COPD has not been reported.

Eradication of the nidus in arteriovenous malformations with a dominant outflow vein in the lower extremities using coils and absolute ethanol.

Objective: In the present study, we summarize our experience in locating the nidus of arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) with a dominant outflow vein (DOV) in the lower extremities and eradicating the nidus with ethanol and coils.

Methods: Twelve patients with lower extremity AVMs who underwent ethanol embolization combined with DOV occlusion from January 2017 to May 2018 were enrolled in the present study. Selective angiography was used to locate the nidus of the AVMs, which was eradicated using ethanol and coils via the direct puncture pathway.

Integrative pan-cancer analysis of cuproplasia-associated genes for the genomic and clinical characterization of 33 tumors.

Background: The molecular mechanisms driving tumorigenesis have continually been the focus of researchers. Cuproplasia is defined as copper-dependent cell growth and proliferation, including its primary and secondary roles in tumor formation and proliferation through signaling pathways. In this study, we analyzed the differences in the expression of cuproplasia-associated genes (CAGs) in pan-cancerous tissues and investigated their role in immune-regulation and tumor prognostication.

Ethanol Embolization of Chest Wall Arteriovenous Malformations: Four-Year Findings.

Objectives: To summarize the clinical characteristics and investigate the efficacy of ethanol embolotherapy in the treatment of chest well arteriovenous malformation (AVM). Treatment-associated complications were also explored.

Materials And Methods: Between March 2017 and August 2021, 32 consecutive patients (mean age, 23.

Association between dietary theobromine with depression: a population-based study.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the possible link between dietary theobromine intake and symptoms of depression.

Materials And Methods: These results are based on the responses of 3637 people who took part in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2017-2018. Participants' daily theobromine intake was determined using a 24-h food questionnaire from the 2017-2018 cycle.

Management of high-output cardiac failure caused by head and neck AVMs: Percutaneous suture-assisted ethanol and coil embolotherapy.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to describe the treatment technique, outcomes, and complications of Schobinger stage IV head and neck arteriovenous malformations (HNAVMs) with associated high-output cardiac failure (HOCF) using ethanol and coils with the percutaneous suture technique.

Methods: From January 2015 to December 2019, 19 patients who had HNAVMs with associated HOCF were treated first with a percutaneous suture of the remarkably dilated dominant drainage vein (RDDOV) and subsequent embolization with coils and ethanol. The percutaneous suture of RDDOV was preferred to be performed, followed by the deployment of coils and the injection of absolute ethanol transarterial approach, direct puncture approach, or both of them.