BACKGROUND Vagus nerve stimulation attenuates left ventricular (LV) remodeling after myocardial infarction (MI). Our previous study found a noninvasive approach to deliver vagus nerve stimulation by transcutaneous electric stimulation of auricular branch of vagus nerve. So we hypothesize that chronic intermittent low-level tragus stimulation (LL-TS) could attenuate LV remodeling in conscious do...

A 69-year-old Hispanic woman presented for the evaluation of nodules on the head and back. In the past, she had been treated for basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the face; the referring physician was concerned that the new lesions might also be BCC. The patient had an extensive past medical history. In addition to BCC, she had been treated for breast cancer, colon cancer, and cervical cancer prior...

BACKGROUND Current literature suggests that preserving the lobular branch of the great auricular nerve has greater impact on sensory function of the auricle than preservation of the posterior branch during rhytidectomy. However, no methodology exists to efficiently and accurately determine the topographic location of the lobular branch. This study describes the branching characteristics of the ...

Objective: To determine the relationship between bone mineral density (BMD) and functional status of spondyloarthropathy (SpA) patients. Methods: BMD (g/cm ) of 139 SpA patients was determined at the lumbar spine and the upper part of the left and right femur by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). The functional disability in patients with SpA was assessed using the Bath Ankylosing Spondyli...

*Senior Resident, **Associate Professor, ***Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, T.N.M.C. and B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai. Abstract Goldenhar syndrome is a morphogenetic anomaly involving the 1st and 2nd branchial arches. It is also known as the oculo-auriculo-vertebral syndrome because of the association of eye anomalies with or without vertebral and ear anomalies. It has been also Goldenh...

introduction: good radiographs are required for endodontic therapy and because some patient’s are intolerant to intraoral films and/or sensors, this can cause complications in endodontic treatment. extraoral film placement can be used to obtain clinically diagnostic and working radiographs. materials and methods: the no. 2 receptor was placed against the model ’ s cheek and centered in the mola...

The objective was to carry out a clinical assessment of different cervical mobility measurements in ankylosing spondylitis (AS), including two new tape methods for measuring cervical rotation and lateral bending. A range of cervical movements was measured in 52 consecutive male AS patients and the results correlated with detailed radiological changes in the whole spine and sacroiliac joints. Oc...

BACKGROUND Estimation of the nares-to-epiglottis and nares-to-vocal cords distances would facilitate the selection of properly sized nasopharyngeal airways and appropriate positioning of a fibreoptic bronchoscope in young children. The purposes of this study were to measure the nares-to-epiglottis and nares-to-vocal cords distances and to create an algorithm to predict these distances based on ...