BaIlon mitral valvuloplasty and closed mitral valve conunissurotomy were performed in 450 and 127 patients, respectively. Also, 254 patients with severe mitral stenosis were enrolled in a prospective randomized trial comparing the two procedures. Immediately after balloon mitral valvuloplasty, mean left atrial pressure was 11.38±3.54 mmHg, transmitral valve gradient was 1.8±2 mmHg, and mit...

‎in this paper‎, ‎we study a class of boundary value problem‎ ‎involving the p-laplacian oprator and singular nonlinearities‎. ‎we‎ ‎analyze the existence a critical parameter $lambda^{ast}$ such‎ ‎that the problem has least one solution for‎ ‎$lambdain(0,lambda^{ast})$ and no solution for‎ ‎$lambda>lambda^{ast}.$ we find lower bounds of critical‎ ‎parameter $lambda^{ast}$‎. ‎we use the method ...

In this paper an algorithm is presented for the regularization of singular integrals with any degrees of singularity, which may be employed in all three-dimensional problems analyzed by Boundary Elements. The integrals in Boundary Integrals Equations are inherently singular. For example, one can mention the integrals confronted in potential problems to evaluate the flow or the gradient of the f...

infective endocarditis is a serious complication of intravenous (iv) drug abuse, with a reported mortality of 5 to 10%. a 21-year-old man, who was an intravenous drug abuser, presented with fever and dyspnea. transthoracic echocardiography showed a highly mobile, large vegetation on the anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve. despite antibiotic therapy for ten days, the patient remained febril...

concomitant coronary artery bypass surgery (cabg) in patients undergoing mitral valve replacement (mvr) has been shown to be an important risk factor for hospital mortality. we evaluated preoperative characteristics, postoperative complications, in-hospital mortality rate, and length of stay in hospital for patients undergoing concurrent cabg with mvr. preoperative and postoperative clinical da...

singular perturbation problems have been studied by many mathematicians. since the approximate solutions of these problems are as the sum of internal solution (boundary layer area) and external ones, the formation or non-formation of boundary layers should be specified. this paper, investigates this issue for a singular perturbation problem including a first order differential equation with gen...

‎we study dual integral equations which appear in formulation of the‎ ‎potential distribution of an electrified plate with mixed boundary‎ ‎conditions‎. ‎these equations will be converted to a system of‎ ‎singular integral equations with cauchy type kernels‎. ‎using‎ ‎chebyshev polynomials‎, ‎we propose a method to approximate the‎ ‎solution of cauchy type singular integral equation which will ...

splenomegaly-induced thrombocytopenia is fully described in hematological and surgical literature, but its association with severe aortic stenosis is rare. we present a case of severe aortic valve stenosis with severe splenomegaly-induced thrombocytopenia in which aortic valve replacement was done with a number 23 homograft and splenectomy was performed after the end of cardiopulmonary bypass. ...

purpose: to evaluate the effect of early aqueous suppressants initiation on ahmed glaucoma valve success rate. methods: in this randomized clinical trial, a total of 94 eyes of 94 patients with refractory glaucoma were enrolled. the eyes were randomly selected into 2 groups. in group 1 (n=47), patients received early topical combination of timolol-dorzolamide twice daily after ahmed glaucoma va...