background: the transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus has advanced rapidly with improvements in device designs. the aim of this study was to analyze the safety, efficacy, and early and intermediate follow-up results of the percutaneous closure of persistent ductus arteriosus (pda) with the amplatzer ductal occluder (ado) in children.   methods: between may 2004 and march 2007, fifty...

background: carotid artery stenting is now used as an alternative to surgical endarterectomy. this study was done to assess the feasibility, safety, and immediate and late clinical outcomes in patients undergoing carotid stenting . methods: between july 2008 and december 2009, a total of 40 patients (20 male, mean age: 65 ± 11 years, 19 symptomatic, and 90% high risk for endarterectomy) underwe...

background: india shares the largest burden of under‑nutrition in world. the aim of this study was to conduct follow‑up assessment of under‑nourished children attending anganwadi center (awc). methods: this was a retrospective cohort study conducted in 50 awc of tapi district. total 529 children aged 1‑6 years diagnosed as under‑nourished before 1 year were included. pre‑structured questionnair...

conclusions our study comprehensively explored the predictive factors of therapeutic effect of administered drugs and analyzed viral relapse during a six-months to six-year follow-up period from china. the svr may not be the perfect endpoint of hcv therapy in chinese people; we recommend 48 weeks after treatment withdrawal as the suitable time point. patients and methods we retrospectively anal...

Dear EBSJ Readers, First off, some housekeeping notes. Welcome to the new EBSJ, now combined with Global Spine Journal, and our expanded Editor-in-Chief team with Drs. Jeff Wang and Karsten Wiechert. Please welcome on board our newManaging Editor Danielle Lieberman, who has taken on her new role with much appreciated energy. We would like to thank Thea Swanson for her years of faithful service,...

background: discrete subaortic stenosis (dss) is a progressive condition. controversy still rumbles on as to whether the subaortic membrane causes aortic regurgitation (ar) and whether membrane resection reduces ar severity. we investigated the association between the left ventricular outflow tract peak gradient (lvot-pg) and ar severity preoperatively and changes in ar severity and obstruction...

this report describes a case of an eight years old girl who was treated for complicated crown fracture of right maxillary central incisor because of a sport accident. for the tooth total pulpotomy was performed in order to achieve apexogenesis and the tooth was restored with a composite resin. the patient was reviewed over 10 years. at first the tooth showed continued root development and compl...