Comparison of the one-year patency rates of radiocephalic arteriovenous fistulas created using no-touch versus conventional technique.

Background: This study aims to compare the patency rates of radiocephalic arteriovenous fistulas prepared preserving the perivenous vascular tissues versus those prepared using the conventional technique.

Methods: A total of 169 patients (107 males, 62 females; mean age 59.5 years; range, 39 to 87 years) who underwent a radiocephalic arteriovenous fistula construction were included in this study.

Systemic comorbidities associated with rosacea: a multicentric retrospective observational study.

Background: Once considered a disorder limited to the skin, rosacea is now known to be associated with systemic disorders. The aim of this study was to determine what systemic comorbidities accompany rosacea and to determine the relationship between the type, severity, and duration of rosacea, and the presence of and type of systemic comorbidities.

Methods: This retrospective multicenter study was conducted by the Turkish Society of Dermatology Acne Study Group.

Correlation between hypervolemia, left ventricular hypertrophy and fibroblast growth factor 23 in hemodialysis patients.

Introduction: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular complications in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Hypervolemia has been accepted as an independent risk factor for progressive LVH in HD patients. Additionally, high FGF23 levels have been a significant predictor of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in chronic kidney disease and HD patients.

Double J ureteral stent displaced through the right ventricle.

We report a 59-year old patient with a double J ureteral catheter displaced out of the ureter through the inferior vena cava and right ventricle. The catheter was removed successfully under cardiopulmonary bypass.

Evaluation of the effects of obesity on heart functions using standard echocardiography and pulsed wave tissue Doppler imaging.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate abnormalities in right and left ventricular function in older obese patients with no left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy.

Design: Subjects with normal coronary angiography were included in this study. They were divided into two groups according to their body mass index (BMI): Group I = BMI > or = 27, and group II BMI = < 27.