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Unusual radiographic progression of tumoral calcinosis along the anterior cruciate ligament in an adolescent male.
Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent)
September 2024
Texas A&M University, Temple, Texas, USA.
A 13-year-old boy was referred to orthopedic surgery for chronic intermittent pain and swelling of the left knee. Initial imaging was consistent with osteochondritis dissecans of the femoral condyle. Follow-up imaging demonstrated unexpected progression, with a mass extending into the notch, replacing the anterior cruciate ligament, and eroding the femoral and tibial condyles.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEmergency contraceptive pill awareness in Bangladesh: missed opportunities in antenatal care and family welfare assistant visits.
Reprod Health
December 2024
International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease and Research, Bangladesh, icddr,b, GPO Box 128, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
Background: Despite high coverage of antenatal care (ANC) and family welfare assistant (FWA) visits, emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) awareness is critically low in Bangladesh. We aim to investigate the missed opportunities in generating ECP awareness through ANC and FWA visit programs; and assess the missed opportunities and sociodemographic discrimination in receiving family planning (FP) counseling during ANC.
Methods: We used data from the nationwide Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2017-18.
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- A gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the environment can lead to severe pneumonia and is linked to cardiovascular complications in hospitalized patients with pneumonia, yet the exact cause of this cardiac dysfunction remains unclear.
- Recent research shows that lung infection causes significant heart issues, but it's not just the overall inflammation that leads to these problems; specific factors from infected immune cells play a key role.
- Exosomes and outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) released during infection have been identified as major contributors to heart problems, with bacterial proteins within them causing contractile dysfunction in heart cells.
Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Function in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis Prior and After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Evaluation by 5-Year Risk Model.
Ann Nucl Cardiol
October 2024
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigated cardiac sympathetic nerve function in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) using MIBG imaging before and after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).
- Out of 26 patients, preoperative measures of cardiac function showed significant correlations with clinical markers, but postoperative nerve function did not improve significantly, even though BNP levels decreased after TAVI.
- Five patients experienced notable recovery in cardiac function, indicating thinner left ventricular wall thickness and a reduction in mortality risk over a 5-year prediction model.
Bayesian Optimization Based Preprocedural Planning For Robotic Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion.
Int Symp Med Robot
June 2024
Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
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- Left atrial appendage occlusion is a medical procedure designed to prevent blood clots in patients with atrial fibrillation by blocking a specific area in the heart using a delivery device.
- This paper introduces a new planning method based on Bayesian Optimization to enhance the procedure by finding the best entry points for implanting the occlusion device.
- The effectiveness of this new planning approach is tested using simulations that mimic real cardiac anatomy.
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