BACKGROUND Left ventricular ejection fraction is a powerful independent predictor of survival in cardiac patients, especially those with coronary artery disease. Delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (DE-MRI) can accurately identify irreversible myocardial injury with high spatial and contrast resolution. To date, relatively limited data are available on the prognostic value of DE-MRI,...

Background: Intra-abdominal adhesion formation is serious post-surgery problem that occurs frequently after caesarean section. Obesity associated with many hemostasis disturbances, particularly impaired fibrinolysis, which may increase the incidence of intra-abdominal adhesions. Aim Work: Goal work was to correlate between adhesions and body mass index in women scheduled for a repeated cesarean...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether a previous episode of major depression leaves a "scar" that places previously depressed patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) at risk for experiencing high levels of pain, fatigue, and disability. METHODS A cohort of 203 patients with RA was randomly selected from a national panel and interviewed by phone about pain, fatigue, depressive symptoms, disability, a...

Vol. 26 No. 3, 2014 417 Received April 1, 2013, Revised May 28, 2013, Accepted for publication June 24, 2013 Corresponding author: Beom Joon Kim, Department of Dermatology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, 102 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-755, Korea. Tel: 82-2-6299-1525, Fax: +82-2-823-1049, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Crea...

Sir, Herpes zoster manifests as a result of the reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV), in latent infection, in the sensory ganglia of the cerebral and spinal nerves. It is caused by various factors after childhood chickenpox. The vesicular eruption clusters around the sensory nerve distribution and is accompanied by severe pain. As the skin lesion recovers dependent on the extent of necr...

Increasing rates of job displacement (i.e. involuntary job loss from redundancy, downsizing, restructuring) have been suggested to be a key driver of declining macro-levels of generalised trust. This article undertakes the first test of how job displacement affects individuals' tendencies to (dis)trust over the adult lifecourse, using two-waves of the Great Britain National Child Development St...

To describe a new non-surgical method to correct both medial epicanthal fold and flat nasal dorsum simultaneously using subdermal filler injections. Six patients were injected with 0.8 to 1 ml of injectable Hyaluronic Acid or hydroxyapatite fillers. The mean follow up was 9 months (6-12 months). All patients demonstrated an immediate satisfactory aesthetic improvement that was observed till the...

Background Recanalization of chronic total occlusion (CTO-coronary occlusion > 3 months with a TIMI flow grade 0), is one of the most challenging PCI procedure with specific complications. Late-gadolinium enhancement imaging (LGE) is routinely used to assess viability by exploring transmural and circumferential extent of scar lesions in chronic ischemic regions, but is not able to further chara...

The ulcer was an irregular, oval one on the lower part of the outer canthus of the right eye. Its edges were slightly beaded; its base rather deep, indurated, and adherent to the bony margin of the orbit. It showed a few irregular feeble granulations, and almost one-third of the lower eyelid in its outer part had been lost. There was a very slight discharge present. Finding the position of the ...

BACKGROUND A previous clinical trial evaluating autologous fibroblasts (human dermal) injections for the treatment of facial contour deformities found significantly greater improvements in wrinkle and acne scar appearance than with placebo treatment. OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy and safety of autologous fibroblast treatment of moderate to severe, depressed, distensible facial acne scars ...