Aim. To evaluate the effect of duration graft cold ischemia on long-term prognosis orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT). Material and Methods . The study included 60 patients, who had receieved OHT in Meshalkin National Medical Research Center since 2012. influence outcome follow-up was evaluated. Survival, quality life according to SF-36 questionnaire, parameters cardiopulmonary exercise tes...

ABSTRACT Holczer, Mazeh, and collaborators (HM+16) used the Kepler 4-yr observations to derive a transit-timing catalog, identifying 260 objects of interest (KOI) with significant transit timing variations (TTV). For KOIs high enough S/Ns, HM+16 also derived duration depth their transits. In this work, we use measurements systematically study changes 561 identify 15 long-term linear change dura...

Background & Aims: Exposure Keratitis (EK) is a common problem in critically ill patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). We conducted exposure keratitis in mechanical ventilatory patients in the intensive care unit of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Urmia for five years. Materials & Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, the records of the patients were taken from the medi...

BACKGROUND Current data suggest that mortality after noncardiac surgery may be associated with persistent hypotension and the cumulative duration of low processed electroencephalogram-based bispectral index (BIS). This study assessed the relationships among cumulative duration of low BIS (BIS < 45), intermediate-term mortality, and anesthetic dose after cardiac surgery. METHODS The authors st...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the factors affecting prognosis of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) for chronic refractory Achilles tendinopathy (AT). METHODS Thirty-six patients (48 consecutive feet) with chronic AT (>6 months) and who underwent ESWT for 'poor' or 'fair' grade in Roles-Maudsley Score (RMS) after unsuccessful conservative treatment were included in the present study. A maximu...