Factor V G1691A, prothrombin G20210A, and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase MTHFR A1298C gene polymorphism in subjects affected by thromboembolic disease

Cardiac sarcoidosis: Matching speckle tracking echocardiography to macroscopic Ventricular pathology (a case report)

Prothrombotic variants in elderly

Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 -675 4G/5G and Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene variants in young acute myocardial infarction and juvenile ischemic stroke

Liver Perfusate Natural Killer Cells from Deceased Brain Donors and Association with Acute Cellular Rejection after Liver Transplantation: A Time-to-Rejection Analysis

Background The ability to predict which recipients will successfully complete their posttransplant clinical course, which is crucial for liver transplant (LT) programs. The assessment of natural killer (NK) cell subset determined by flow cytometry from a monocentric series of consecutive liver perfusates could help identify risk factors portending adverse LT outcomes. Methods Liver perfusates were collected during the back-table surgical time after the procurement procedures for donors after brain death. Lymphocytic concentrations and phenotypes were matched with donors after brain death characteristics and indications, timing, surgical techniques, outcomes, and biopsy-proven acute cellular…

Risk behaviors among young people. Evaluation and descriptive analysis.

AIM: Risk behaviours--as they are defined by specialist literature for the damage these behaviours cause to young people's health and/or life--are getting more and more frequent among young people. They range from self-injuring behaviours to the consequences of a precocious, high-risk and/or promiscuous sexual activity, from abnormal eating behaviours to the deaths from fun. METHODS: The inquiry concerned a group of university students (100 males and 100 females), selected at random from the Faculties of Medicine and Surgery, Psychology, Economy and Jurisprudence of the University of Palermo, who were asked to answer a questionnaire composed of 91 questions and structured in 4 sections. The…

Oxidative damage markers

In Silico Shear and Intramural Stresses are Linked to Aortic Valve Morphology in Dilated Ascending Aorta

Objective/Background: The development of ascending aortic dilatation in patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is highly variable, and this makes surgical decision strategies particularly challenging. The purpose of this study was to identify new predictors, other than the well established aortic size, that may help to stratify the risk of aortic dilatation in BAV patients.Methods: Using fluid-structure interaction analysis, both haemodynamic and structural parameters exerted on the ascending aortic wall of patients with either BAV ( n = 21) or tricuspid aortic valve (TAV; n = 13) with comparable age and aortic diameter (42.7 +/- 5.3 mm for BAV and 45.4 +/- 10.0 mm for TAV) were compared…