Implantation of a novel insertable cardiac monitor: preliminary multicenter experience in Europe.

Background: The LUX-Dx™ is a novel insertable cardiac monitor (ICM) introduced into the European market since October 2022.

Purpose: The aim of this investigation was to provide a comprehensive description of the ICM implantation experience in Europe during its initial year of commercial use.

Methods: The system comprises an incision tool and a single-piece insertion tool pre-loaded with the small ICM.

[SICI-GISE/SICOA Consensus document: Clinical follow-up of patients after acute coronary syndrome or percutaneous coronary intervention].

In the last decades, advances in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) strategies have significantly reduced the risk of procedural complications and in-hospital mortality of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS), thus increasing the population of stable post-ACS patients. This novel epidemiological scenario emphasizes the importance of implementing secondary preventive and follow-up strategies. The follow-up of patients after ACS or elective PCI should be based on common pathways and on the close collaboration between hospital cardiologists and primary care physicians.

Aqueous intradermal low-dose house dust mite immunotherapy in tropical settings: a valid cost-effective approach for developing nations?

Introduction: Aqueous allergen injections, an effective and century-old technique, is considered a second-line approach in daily clinical practice. Inconveniences still surround conventional subcutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) administration, such as a need for frequent injections, prolonged up-dosing schedules, elevated costs, and the unlikely possibility of a systemic reaction. The intradermal immunotherapy route (IDR) might favorably impact many of the aforementioned issues (Table 1).

Nocturia in mothers and enuresis in children: Possible links.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between nocturnal enuresis (NE) of childhood and nocturia of parents.

Material And Methods: The study was conducted across the network of general pediatricians of the ASL NA 1 of Naples, Italy. All the children with NE and their mothers were invited to attend the clinic for the study.

Laparoscopic treatment of celiac axis compression syndrome (CACS) and hiatal hernia: Case report with bleeding complications and review.

Introduction: Median arcuate ligament (MAL) malposition is a rare cause of celiac axis compression syndrome (CACS) or Dunbar syndrome.

Presentation Of Case: A 26-year-old female presented with severe postprandial epigastric pain, weight loss, heartburn and regurgitation unresponsive to medical therapy. CT angiography and duplex ultrasound demonstrated the MAL crossing anterior to the celiac artery (CA).

Surgical treatment of metastases from cutaneous melanoma to the small intestine and the spleen. Case reports and review of the literature.

Cutaneous melanoma is found in the head and neck in 15% of patients, in the limbs in 22%, in the trunk in 40% and in occult sites in 16%. There is usually an interval of at least 3 years between the diagnosis of primary melanoma and the identification of metastases. Primary melanoma metastasizes most frequently to the lymph nodes (73.

[Colonic polyps: an analysis of the endoscopic and histopathological aspects].

The present study is a retrospective analysis of the endoscopic and histologic features of 728 polyps resected from 422 patients during the years 1980 to 1991. Mean age of the patients was 52 years (5 to 87), 63% male and 37% female. The histology of the lesions showed: adenoma: 60.

[Multi-technical management of biliary fistula].

Biliary fistula is an occasional complication of cholecystectomy and are usually associated to retained biliary stones, surgical trauma of the biliary ducts and local infection. They were mainly treated by surgical methods up to the acquisition of the new endoscopic and percutaneous techniques used together with parenteral and enteral nutrition and new antibiotics. A total of seven patients with diagnosis of biliary fistula were seen between 1984 and 1990 at the "Unidad de Gastroenterología y Cirugía Digestiva" of the Clínica Sanatrix en Caracas.

[Puncture-aspiration biopsy with fine needle].

The results of one hundred and sixty nine fine needle aspiration biopsy procedures with complete follow-up are evaluated. The biopsies were performed with a 21G needle with a slight modification at the distal end. For breast, a 21G 1-1/2'' hypodermic needle was used.

[Biliary lithiasis. Non-surgical treatment].

Between 1979 and 1989, forty-six patients with biliary lithiasis were treated by non-surgical methods. Jaundice was present in 32 (70%) patients. In five patients (11%), the bile stones were found during the routine ERCP for cholelithiasis.

C4 and C5 body vertebral erosions in early rheumatoid disease.

Erosions at the antero-superior angles of C4 and C5 developed in 11 patients (22%) with rheumatoid arthritis of less than one year's duration were followed-up over a 10-year period. These erosions do not appear to have been described before.