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Pacing Clin Electrophysiol
March 2025
Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, China.
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter (AFL) represent increasingly significant health burden globally. We aimed to systematically evaluate the status and trends of AF/AFL burden and attributable risk factors in China.
Methods: We assessed the burden of AF/AFL measured as prevalence, incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), by sex and age groups in China based on the Global Burden of Diseases Study (GBD) 2021 project.
Future Microbiol
March 2025
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, and Center for Infectious Diseases Research (CIDR), American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Aims: Toxocariasis is a prevalent zoonotic disease worldwide caused primarily by and . Despite its prevalence, studies focusing on clinical manifestations, and laboratory findings of toxocariasis in the Middle East North African (MENA) region are limited, highlighting a significant gap in research. The aim of this study is to describe the spectrum of toxocariasis observed at a tertiary center in Lebanon and review the geographic distribution of infected individuals and their demographics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndian J Pathol Microbiol
March 2025
Department of Surgical Oncology, Command Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
IgG4-RD is an immune-mediated systemic fibroinflammatory condition with characteristic clinicopathological findings. The exact etiology is uncertain. A combination of environmental and genetic factors is considered to be involved.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic ingestion of foods containing elevated levels of beta carotene, a common dietary staple endemic in West Africa, may promote the development of yellow to orange hyperpigmentation of the oral mucosa and skin. This benign condition, known as carotenemia or hypercarotenemia, has received little attention in the general dental literature. The aim of this case report is to increase awareness of this phenomenon by describing the clinical presentation of a patient from Nigeria with conspicuous yellow discoloration of the floor of the mouth and soft palatal mucosa.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMov Disord Clin Pract
March 2025
Unit of Pathology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Background: Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation (NBIA) rarely manifests after the age of 50 years. The phenotype in these cases is most often parkinsonism.
Objectives: To present the case with the oldest age of NBIA onset reported so far.
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