AIMS With the new era of multi-tip radiofrequency or balloon ablation catheters replacing the point-to-point ablation strategy, we aimed to determine the feasibility of a ring-laser catheter ablation technology to electrically isolate the superior vena cava (SVC) by exploring the advantages of the limitless catheter tip size possibly with the photodynamic therapy (PDT)-mediated ablation. METH...

BACKGROUND Minimally invasive robot-assisted cardiac surgery is generally performed nowadays. To avoid the interference of a superior vena cava (SVC) cannula during surgery, it should be inserted before the operation. The position of this cannula is very important because it can cause poor venous drainage during operation. The proper position of the SVC cannula was investigated in the present s...

Superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction most often is a complication of malignant tumors such as lung cancer or lymphoma. The common use of long-term indwelling central venous catheters also has added to the prevalence of SVC obstruction. This report describes the first case of SVC obstruction in a patient with cystic fibrosis due to extrinsic compression from benign reactive mediastinal lymphaden...

Superior vena cava syndrome can occur from benign conditions that might not alter life expectancy. Here we present a case of a superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction caused by soft tissue encircling the SVC, which was strongly suspected of being an unusual focal type of fibrosing mediastinitis. A 39-year-old man with no prior medical history presented with a four-week history of facial plethora, ...

We report the case of a 66 year-old male who underwent catheter ablation for drug-refractory paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) at our institution. Radiofrequency catheter ablation was performed using a three-dimensional electroanatomical mapping system. During ablation of the pulmonary veins (PV), right atrial ectopics were noted to repeatedly trigger AF and atrial tachycardia (AT). After PV ...

This paper proposes Bacteria Foraging Optimization Algorithm (BFOA) based Static Var Compensator (SVC) for the suppression of oscillations in a multimachine power system. The proposed design problem of SVC over a wide range of loading conditions is formulated as an optimization problem. BFOA is employed to search for optimal controller parameters by minimizing the time domain objective function...

BACKGROUND The metabolic syndrome is associated with increased risk for both diabetes and coronary artery disease, which insulin resistance alone does not satisfactorily explain. We propose an additional and complementary underlying mechanism of glucocorticoid resistance. RESULTS Using acanthosis nigricans (AN) and skin vasoconstrictor (SVC) response to topically applied beclomethasone diprop...

سیستم حمل‌ونقل ریلی از تعامل مجموعه‌ای تجهیزات و عملیات تشکیل‌ شده است که توانایی ظرفیت یک در بار مسافر را تعیین می‌کند. بدین‌منظور، محاسبة پیش‌بینی نحوة تغییرات آن مهم شناخت آن‌ کمک شایانی به ارتقای سطح بهره‌برداری شبکة روش‌های گوناگونی برای وجود دارد با توجه نوع شبکه شیوة استفاده این روش‌ها، می‌توان آنها بهره گرفت. ظرفیت، توانمندی‌های سیستم‌های اطلاعات مکانی می‌شود تحت وب، وضعیت ظرفیتی عملیات...