chronic total occlusion (cto) intervention is still a challenging problem. the aim of this study is to determine factors that affect pci results.the study was conducted on 72 patients in two centers. cto angioplasty was done by the antegrade approach from the femoral and/or radial approach. the role of age, gender, anatomical variations such as calcification, length of the lesion, proximal bend...

Calcification of the vascular tree is common in physiologic and pathologic conditions, i.e., aging, diabetes, dyslipidemia, genetic diseases, and diseases with disturbances of calcium metabolism. In chronic kidney disease, vascular calcification is even more common, develops early, and contributes to the markedly increased cardiovascular risk in this particular population. Pathomorphologically,...

BACKGROUND Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are at increased risk for tissue calcifications as a result of deranged mineral metabolism. We tested the hypothesis that valvular calcification is a marker of atherosclerosis in patients with ESRD. METHODS Echocardiography was performed in 92 patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis with no background atherosclerotic vascular complicatio...

Advanced-glycation end products (AGEs) were recently implicated in vascular calcification, through a process mediated by RAGE (receptor for AGEs). Although a correlation between AGEs levels and vascular calcification was established, there is no evidence that reducing in vivo AGEs deposition or inhibiting AGEs-RAGE signaling pathways can decrease medial calcification. We evaluated the impact of...

Vascular calcification, long thought to result from passive degeneration, involves a complex, regulated process of biomineralization resembling osteogenesis. Evidence indicates that proteins controlling bone mineralization are also involved in the regulation of vascular calcification. Artery wall cells grown in culture are induced to become osteogenic by inflammatory and atherogenic stimuli. Fu...

purpose : to report clinical and pathological features of three cases of opacification with hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lenses (iols) case reports : in this interventional case report, we introduce the surgical and laboratory information about three hydrophilic acrylic iols which calcified after implantation for these patients with cataract. these lenses were explanted and analyzed with opt...

Vascular calcification, long thought to result from passive degeneration, involves a complex, regulated process of biomineralization resembling osteogenesis. Evidence indicates that proteins controlling bone mineralization are also involved in the regulation of vascular calcification. Artery wall cells grown in culture are induced to become osteogenic by inflammatory and atherogenic stimuli. Fu...

conclusions the relationship between calcification of tooth and maturation of cervical bones was significant. this suggested that tooth calcification stages from panoramic radiographs might be clinically useful as a maturity indicator. results all correlation values obtained were statistically significant (p < 0.001). correlations between dental development and skeletal maturity stage due to cv...

how to cite this article: mahvelati shamsabadi f. leukodystrophies with intracranial calcifications. iran j child neurol. autumn 2014;8;4(suppl.1):16-17. pls see pdf.

Coralline algae are important components in a large variety of ecosystems. Among them, rhodoliths group free-living coralline red that cover extensive coastal areas, from tropical to polar regions. In contrast other ecosystem engineers, limited research efforts preclude our understanding their physiology, underlying mechanisms, drivers and potential differences related species under varying env...