The septal angle, an angle between the interventricular septum and the line connecting the sternum midpoint and thoracic vertebral spinous process, as measured by computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA), has been observed to be increased in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH), but its meaning remains unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential role of the sep...

the normal carrying angle in shiraz population was measured on the basis of sex and age. the right elbow angle of 4266 cases was examined from birth to 30 years old. this study found the carrying angle in 2540 females to be 7.20 (range 2-19) and in 1726 males to be 6.40 (range 2-11), a 0.80 difference. a significant difference (p= 0.05) was found in relation to age. there is a gradual increase ...

BACKGROUND China has the largest burden of primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) worldwide. The mechanism of the angle closure is complex and includes pupillary block and non-pupillary block. Currently, opinion is that laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI) alone is not sufficient to prevent disease progression. Laser peripheral iridoplasty (LPIP) is an alternative and effective way of widening the a...

objective(s):glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness and it is related to oxidative stress based on numerous studies. glutathione s-transferases (gsts) are members of multigenic family, which have important role in cells as an antioxidant. in the present study, we examined the polymorphism of gstt1 and gstm1 deletion genotypes (t0m1, t1m0, and t0m0) in 100 glaucoma patients (41with pr...

BACKGROUND Linear-array-based photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT) suffers from a limited view. Circular scanning does increase the detection view angle but is time-consuming. Therefore, it is desirable to increase the detection view angle of linear-array-based PACT without sacrificing imaging speed. METHODS Two planar acoustic reflectors placed at 120 degrees to each other were added to ...

The open approach to a supracondylar humerus fracture may be needed for fractures, vascular compromise, and most commonly, irreducible fractures refractory closed management. Gartland types III IV as well flexion-type are more likely require an technique. Vascular compromise can overt is the case of white, pulseless extremity or subtle with “pink, pulseless” extremity. use Doppler signals intra...

conclusions this rare observation supports the role of immunosuppressive therapy in preventing the recurrence of life-threatening vascular lesions in the management of behcet’s disease. introduction arterial involvement in behcet’s disease has been previously described. we report a rare case of a large and long-segment thoracoabdominal aneurysm, which was associated with behcet’s disease and ha...

arteriovenous fistulae traditionally have been placed in the upper extremity. experience with groin hemodialysis access has been discouraging because of high infection rates and associated limb amputation. the aim of this study was to determine infection rates, patency rates, and possible predictive factors for prosthetic thigh angioaccess outcomes in our hemodialysis patient population. a pros...