The new method presented in this study was directly based on the consideration that ophthalmic arterial Doppler signals are chaotic signals. This consideration was tested successfully using the nonlinear dynamics tools, like the computation of Lyapunov exponents. Multilayer perceptron neural network (MLPNN) architecture was formulated and used as a basis for determining variabilities such as st...

A 22-year-old female patient presented to the Emergency Department of a tertiary care hospital with symptoms of headache and nausea. She has been on a regular follow-up for the preceding three and a half years after being diagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). She had been treated earlier for SLE nephritis in the same institution, and had two relapses of nephrotic syndrome in the last...

BACKGROUND We aimed to describe the main features of Behçet's disease (BD) in children in the largest prospective cohort to date and to propose a classification. METHODS An international expert consensus group was formed to define a data set of minimal symptoms for the inclusion of patients. Patients were entered prospectively during 66 months. Experts classified patients on a consensus basis...

Divalproex is recognized as a first-line agent in the treatment of bipolar disorders (BDs) (1). However, sedation can be an unwelcome side effect of divalproex sodium treatment (2), and unwanted side effects can lead to patient noncompliance (3). Ultimately, noncompliance can contribute to hospitalizations (4). I present 2 cases in which patients treated with divalproex sodium for BD experience...

Intragastric pH was monitored during 24 hours in eight volunteers with duodenal ulcer disease in remission, while on placebo, cimetidine 400 mg bd, pirenzepine 50 mg bd, cimetidine 400 mg bd + pirenzepine 50 mg bd, cimetidine 200 mg bd + pirenzepine 25 mg bd. The control of intragastric acidity during the 24 hour period by the combination of low dose cimetidine and pirenzepine was significantly...

This video demonstrates a challenging case of giant subclavian and axillary artery aneurysm in patient with Marfan syndrome multiple prior aortic interventions coronary bypass graft presenting nerve compression. was successfully treated via hybrid approach due to complexity. eyJraWQiOiI4ZjUxYWNhY2IzYjhiNjNlNzFlYmIzYWFmYTU5NmZmYyIsImFsZyI6IlJTMjU2In0.eyJzdWIiOiI2M2RkMDAzODFmMmQ3OTliOTkyZTk2MjA0Y...

Saccular type of thoracic aortic aneurysm is a rarely seen phenomenon. Here, we present a case of saccular-type aortic aneurysm admitted to coronary care unit with a diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome. A 63-year-old woman presented to our clinic with chest pain lasting for 2-3 hours. Because her chest pain persisted despite intensive medical treatment, she underwent coronary angiography. Coro...

Marfan syndrome rarely presents with peripheral artery and pulmonary artery aneurysms. We are presenting a case of a fifteen-year-old boy who presented to us with progressive lower abdominal pulsatile swelling with bruit in the right inguinal region for one month. He had typical marfanoid habitus, though there was no history of similar illness in family. CT angiogram revealed the presence havin...

A pseudo aneurysm results from leakage of blood from an artery after trauma or dehiscence or separation of a surgical anastomosis. The reported rate of pseudo aneurysm in access sites range from 0.88% to 8%. It has some cause like penetrating trauma, blunt trauma and endovascular procedure. The differential diagnoses of this lesion are hematoma, AV fistula, lymphadenopathy, lymphocele, DVT, com...

BACKGROUND The etiology of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) may pose a significant diagnostic challenge because truly reversible causes of DVT are rare. In this regard, known pelvic anatomic abnormalities such as aortic and iliac aneurysms should be seriously considered as a complicating factor in patients presenting with acute DVT so as not to miss a potentially curable etiology of May-Thurner syn...