The relationship between serum transglutaminase-2 levels and the severity of chronic spontaneous urticaria.

Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is an immunological disease that is depicted by high prevalence and eminent burden for patients and society that is attributable to the arbitrary nature of symptoms and inconsistent tools for assessment of activity and severity. Transglutaminase-2 (TG2) is a posttranslational enzyme that is pervasively expressed in many cells and tissue types including mast cells. It has various biological functions, and its role in allergic disorders has been highlighted and delineated through several postulated mechanisms.

Frequency of ragweed sensitization and allergy among patients with respiratory allergy.

Pollen is well known to cause seasonal allergy. Ragweed sensitization and allergy represent a worldwide challenge for allergists. Ambrosia is one of the major genera in the Asteraceae family which includes at least 51 species known as "ragweed".

Potential impact of gut Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium bifidum on hepatic histopathological changes in non-cirrhotic hepatitis C virus patients with different viral load.

Background: Composition of gut microbiota has recently been suggested as a key factor persuading the pathogenesis of numerous human diseases including hepatic cirrhosis.

Objective: To evaluate the potential impact of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium bifidum microbiota on the progression of hepatic histopathological changes among patients with non-cirrhotic chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection with different viral load. Additionally, to assess fecal composition of Lactobacillus acidophilus ATCC-4356 and Bifidobacterium bifidum ATCC-11863 microbiota genotypes MATERIAL AND METHODS: This study was carried out on 40 non-cirrhotic chronically infected HCV patients, and 10 healthy-controls.

Prevalence of confirmed immunoglobulin E-mediated food allergy among adult Egyptian patients.

Food allergy (FA) represents an increasing social and economic health problem. Prevalence of food allergy differs from one country to another depending on genetic and environmental as well as feeding habits of each country. Estimate the prevalence of confirmed immunoglobulin E-mediated food allergy (FA) among adult Egyptian patients and identify its possible risk factors.

Familial history of hypertension as a predictor of increased arterial stiffness in normotensive offspring.

Background: Increased arterial stiffness can be used as a prognostic marker of arterial hypertension. The relationship between arterial stiffness and arterial hypertension seems to be reciprocal.

Objective: Evaluation of changes of the arterial elastic prosperities in normotensive subjects, with and without parental history of hypertension.

Ventricular tachyarrhythmia during pregnancy in women with heart disease: Data from the ROPAC, a registry from the European Society of Cardiology.

Objectives: To describe the incidence, onset, predictors and outcome of ventricular tachyarrhythmia (VTA) in pregnant women with heart disease.

Background: VTA during pregnancy will cause maternal morbidity and even mortality and will have impact on fetal outcome. Insufficient data exist on the incidence and outcome of VTA in pregnancy.

B-type Natriuretic Peptide as an Index of Symptoms and Severity of Chronic Rheumatic Mitral Regurgitation.

Background: The most common causes of severe mitral regurgitation (MR) in developing countries are rheumatic heart disease. The plasma level of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is known to increase with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction.

Aim Of The Work: To study BNP level as an index of symptoms and severity of chronic rheumatic MR.

Predictors of aortic pulse wave velocity in the elderly with severe aortic stenosis.

Unlabelled: Predictors of aortic pulse wave velocity (AoPWV) were not previously studied in the elderly with severe aortic stenosis (AS). We aimed to compare the AoPWV in these patients with matched controls and to study the predictors of AoPWV in this population. We measured the AoPWV during cardiac catheterisation in 40 patients with severe AS and 20 matched controls.

Pregnancy in Women With a Mechanical Heart Valve: Data of the European Society of Cardiology Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac Disease (ROPAC).

Background: Pregnant women with a mechanical heart valve (MHV) are at a heightened risk of a thrombotic event, and their absolute need for adequate anticoagulation puts them at considerable risk of bleeding and, with some anticoagulants, fetotoxicity.

Methods And Results: Within the prospective, observational, contemporary, worldwide Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac disease (ROPAC), we describe the pregnancy outcome of 212 patients with an MHV. We compare them with 134 patients with a tissue heart valve and 2620 other patients without a prosthetic valve.

Low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma with intravenous extension to the heart.

Endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS) is a rare neoplasm of uterine origin. Intracardiac metastasis from this tumor is extremely infrequent. This report describes a 24-year-old woman from Yemen who had irregular vaginal bleeding shortly after spontaneous abortion.

Immunological role of nasal staphylococcus aureus carriage in patients with persistent allergic rhinitis.

Nasal carriage of staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus) exerts immunomodulatory effect in patients with atopic dermatitis and it may contribute to airway inflammation and allergic response in patients with allergic rhinitis. We Aim to investigate the frequency of nasal S.