A cohort of 1,960 white men aged 40 to 56 years without initial apparent heart disease and with 11 years of annual rest electrocardiograms and 20 year mortality data was followed in the Chicago Western Electric Company Study. Incomplete right bundle branch block was found in 134 men (6.8%) at entry. During follow-up, 222 men developed such block, an incidence rate of 13.6%. Left axis deviation ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy and safety of complete and incomplete excision of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). METHODS Ninety-three women who underwent complete excision (n=55) or incomplete surgery of DIE (n=38) between January 2011 and December 2013 were included in this retrospective cohort study. Surgical data, and follow-up information of the patients were analyzed. RESULTS...

The aim of this prospective study was to assess the efficacy of intra-cervical misoprostol in the management of early pregnancy failure. Twenty women with early pregnancy failure received intra-cervical misoprostol via an endometrial sampling cannula. The first dose was 50 μg of misoprostol dissolved in 5 ml of normal saline. The administration was repeated after 12 h if there was no vaginal bl...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Intestinal metaplasia (IM) is a common finding at the oesophagogastric junction, but the aetiopathogenesis of the different IM subtypes-that is, incomplete IM (specialised columnar epithelium, SCE) and complete IM- and their associations with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and Helicobacter pylori gastritis are unclear. METHODS 1058 consecutive dyspeptic patients undergoing ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare various parameters between complete and incomplete ST-segment resolution (STR) patients' groups and to identify associates of STR in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) (primary outcome). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 203 cons...