Optimizing coronary artery opacification and 3D reconstruction from human cadaver hearts in anatomy research.

Objective: This study seeks to identify the ideal dilution rate of a radiopaque product to optimize the visualization of coronary arteries and their branches within human cadaver hearts. The process involves obtaining images in the anatomy laboratory and subsequently constructing a three-dimensional model.

Materials And Methods: We utilized 30 human hearts fixed in 10 % formalin (9 females and 21 males) with a mean age of 79 ± 5 years.

Anatomical and biometric study of the radial artery on human cadavers dissected in the anatomy laboratory.

Objective: To study the anatomy and biometry of the radial artery and to report the implications of this study for daily practice in Cardiac Surgery.

Method: Radial arteries from 45 human cadavers (28 males and 17 females, average age 79.2 (92) fixed in 10% formalin were dissected.

Anatomical and biometric study of the mitral valve apparatus: application in valve repair surgery.

Objective: Most mitral valve repair techniques provide excellent surgical results by removing regurgitation, but all of these techniques simultaneously reduce posterior valve mobility. A comprehensive biometric study of the mitral valve apparatus will provide landmarks that would help improve this posterior valve mobility.

Materials And Methods: Thirty one (31) human hearts have been studied, from 14 women and 17 men.

Guillain-Barré Syndrome Associated with COVID-19 Vaccines: A Perspective From Spontaneous Report Data.

Background And Objective: The concern surrounding the association between Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and vaccination has increased with the widespread use of COVID-19 vaccines. The aim of this study was to assess the potential association of GBS with mRNA-based or adenovirus-vectored COVID-19 vaccines.

Methods: Reports of GBS associated with mRNA-based or adenovirus-vectored COVID-19 vaccines were extracted from the WHO pharmacovigilance database, exposure data from the Our World in Data website, and the background rates of GBS from published data.

Modeling of mitral chordae's length in echocardiography as a function of their manual measurement in the operating room.

Objective: In mitral insufficiency, trans-esophageal echocardiography (TEE) analysis of the mitral valve is an indispensable and irreplaceable examination to establish precisely the type of surgical repair to be performed and the exact length of neo-chordae to be used for an anatomical repair. The aim of our study is to find a predictive model of the Echographic Measurement (EM) variable according to the Manual Measurement (MM) variable of the mitral valve chordae, when the echocardiography measurement is not feasible.

Patients And Methods: This is a retrospective study on 191 patients undergoing mitral valve repair.

Overlapping network meta-analyses on psoriasis systemic treatments, an overview: quantity does not make quality.

Background: Network meta-analyses (NMAs) have become successful in addressing gaps in the comparative effectiveness of systemic treatments in moderate-to-severe psoriasis. However, their increasing number carries both a risk of overlap and reproducibility issues that can hamper clinical decision-making.

Objectives: In this overview, we aimed to assess redundancy across these NMAs and to describe their characteristics.

Biological Therapies or Apremilast in the Treatment of Psoriasis in Patients with a History of Hematologic Malignancy: Results from a Retrospective Study in 21 Patients.

Background: Few studies addressing the safety and efficacy of biological therapy (BT) or apremilast (APR) in patients with psoriasis with a history of hematologic malignancy (HM) exist.

Aim: To describe the tolerance and efficacy of BT and APR in moderate-to-severe psoriasis in patients with a history of in-remission or evolving HM.

Methodology: A retrospective, multicenter chart review of the tolerance and efficacy of BT or APR in patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis and a clinical history of in-remission or evolving HM.

Developmental and epilepsy spectrum of KCNB1 encephalopathy with long-term outcome.

Objective: We aimed to delineate the phenotypic spectrum and long-term outcome of individuals with KCNB1 encephalopathy.

Methods: We collected genetic, clinical, electroencephalographic, and imaging data of individuals with KCNB1 pathogenic variants recruited through an international collaboration, with the support of the family association "KCNB1 France." Patients were classified as having developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) or developmental encephalopathy (DE).

Visual prognosis of posterior and combined persistent fetal vasculature.

Introduction: The persistent fetal vasculature refers to congenital anomalies of the globe resulting from the abnormal persistence of the hyaloid vascular system. It can present as anterior, posterior, or combined form. The aim of this study was to report the visual outcomes of posterior and combined forms of persistent fetal vasculature.