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Jpn J Ophthalmol
January 2025
Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Purpose: To compare the surgical outcomes of visco-circumferential-suture-trabeculotomy (VCST) and rigid probe segmental viscotrabeculotomy (VT) in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).
Study Design: A prospective randomized controlled study.
Patients And Methods: Patients presenting with POAG and operated upon in Mansoura Ophthalmic Center in Mansoura, Egypt between February 2017 and September 2021 were enrolled.
JACC Clin Electrophysiol
January 2025
Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Background: Postprocedural pericarditis (PP) can occur in up to 29.4% of patients undergoing epicardial catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia (VT). Despite several proposed strategies to mitigate this adverse outcome, rates of PP and pericarditic pain remain high.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCancer Prev Res (Phila)
January 2025
Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (South), Republic of.
Given the female predominance of thyroid cancer (TC), particularly in the reproductive age range, female sex hormones have been proposed as an aetiology; however, previous epidemiological studies have shown conflicting results. We conducted a pooled analysis using individual data from 9 prospective cohorts in the Asia Cohort Consortium, to explore the association between 10 female reproductive and hormonal factors and TC risk. Using Cox proportional hazards models, cohort-specific hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated and then pooled using a random-effects model.
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January 2025
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Aims: Gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) is used by some transgender individuals (TG), who comprise 1.4% of US population. However, the effects of GAHT on electrocardiogram (ECG) remain unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFront Med (Lausanne)
January 2025
Internal Medicine Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
Background: Frailty, a geriatric syndrome associated with adverse outcomes, lacks a universal definition. No consensus exists on the most effective frailty scale for predicting mortality.
Methods: This prospective observational study followed community-dwelling volunteers for 6 years.
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