Having a common embryologic origin with the pulmonary veins (PVs), left atrial posterior wall (LAPW) is considered to be source of non-PV triggers that facilitate maintenance fibrillation (AF). However, benefits electrical isolation (PWI) still debated contradictory data originating from different ablation approaches. . We report distribution in LAPW area AF patients undergoing repeat ablation....

Study Design Cross-sectional study. Background Findings of fat infiltration in cervical spine multifidus, as a sign of degenerative morphometric changes due to whiplash injury, need to be verified. Objectives To develop a method using water/fat magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to investigate fat infiltration and cross-sectional area of multifidus muscle in individuals with whiplash-associated d...

conclusions there was insignificant correlation between serum hepcidin and ferritin levels in the two groups of patients with tm and ti. it seems that regulation of hepcidin in patients with thalassemia is more affected by erythropoeitic activity than iron stores. also, hepcidin levels were significantly higher in patients with tm than ti, possibly due to higher erythropoeitic activity in ti. i...

Cephalometric studies show significant gender differences in the size of the pharyngeal airway space. This study aimed to investigate and compare morphologic changes after mandibular setback or two-jaws surgery on the pharyngeal airway in men and women using computed tomography (CT). The sample included 34 women and 13 men diagnosed with Class III skeletal deformities, who had been treated by m...

one of important conditions of capital, is the condition to guarantee profit. with due attention of illegality of the free- interest and forbidding of the usury under the islamic and iranian law, it is necessary that; the legal status of this condition and it’s legal sanction to be considered it seems that, the condition to guarantee profit is a condition about the performance of act by witch t...

objectives: the onset of multiple sclerosis in the majority of the cases occurs as a clinically isolated syndrome (cis). we sought to assess serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin d (25-ohd) in cis patients and healthy controls. methods: in this cross-sectional study 40 patients (36 women and 4 men) with cis manifesting as a single isolated optic neuritis and 40 age- and sex-matched healthy controls...

background this study aimed to explore demographic characteristics and clinical presentations of celiac disease (cd) in northeastern iran. methods this was a cross-sectional retrospective study of 193 adults with cd who presented to mashhad university gastroenterology clinic between 2008 and 2013. patient data that included mode of presentation and the presence of any concomitant illnesses were...