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Umar Z, Nassar M, Akbar U, Haseeb Ul Rasool M, Abbas R, Taimur M, Ilyas U, Trandafirescu T. Safety and Efficacy of Autologous Blood Patching for Persistent Air Leaks: A Systematic Review and Metanalysis. C21. "CUTTING" EDGE: CLINICAL STUDIES IN INTERVENTIONAL PULMONARY AND PLEURAL DISEASE 2023. [DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2023.207.1_meetingabstracts.a4549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Z. Umar
- Internal medicine, ISMMS NYC H+H Queens/NY, Queens, NY, United States
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Baumann S, Overhoff D, Tesche C, Korosoglou G, Kelle S, Nassar M, Buss SJ, Andre F, Renker M, Schoepf UJ, Akin I, Waldeck S, Schoenberg SO, Lossnitzer D. [Morphological and functional diagnostics of coronary artery disease by computed tomography]. Herz 2023; 48:39-47. [PMID: 35244729 PMCID: PMC9892087 DOI: 10.1007/s00059-022-05098-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Revised: 12/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Computed tomography coronary angiography (cCTA) is a safe option for the noninvasive exclusion of significant coronary stenoses in patients with a low or moderate pretest probability for coronary artery disease (CAD). Furthermore, it also allows functional and morphological assessment of coronary stenoses. The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines on the diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndrome published in 2019 have strengthened the importance of cCTA in this context and for this reason it has experienced a considerable upgrade. The determination of the Agatston score is a clinically established method for quantifying coronary calcification and influences the initiation of drug treatment. With technologies, such as the introduction of electrocardiography (ECG)-controlled dose modulation and iterative image reconstruction, cCTA can be performed with high image quality and low radiation exposure. Anatomic imaging of coronary stenoses alone is currently being augmented by innovative techniques, such as myocardial CT perfusion imaging or CT-fractional flow reserve (FFR) but the clinical value of these methods merits further investigation. The cCTA could therefore develop into a gatekeeper with respect to the indications for invasive coronary diagnostics and interventions.
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- S Baumann
- First Department of Medicine - Cardiology, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany and DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Mannheim, Deutschland
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- Department for Radiology and Neuroradiology, German Federal Armed Forces Central Hospital Koblenz, Koblenz, Deutschland
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology, St. Johannes Hospital, Dortmund, Deutschland
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- Department of Cardiology & Vascular Medicine, GRN Hospital Weinheim, Weinheim, Deutschland
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, German Heart Institute Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, German Heart Institute Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
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- The Radiology Center, Sinsheim, Eberbach, Erbach, Walldorf, Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Department of Cardiology, Kerckhoff Heart Center, Bad Nauheim, Deutschland
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- Division of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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- First Department of Medicine - Cardiology, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany and DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Mannheim, Deutschland
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- Department for Radiology and Neuroradiology, German Federal Armed Forces Central Hospital Koblenz, Koblenz, Deutschland
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
- Klinik für Kardiologie, Angiologie und Pneumologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
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Nassar M, Kostrzewa M, Khowaja S, Iluta I, Pei Y, Shlomovitz E. Abstract No. 371 Percutaneous renal cyst aspiration and sclerotherapy in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease results in local pressure reduction: a preliminary study. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.03.452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Nassar M, Mafeld S, Eisenberg N, Lindsay T, Tan K. Abstract No. 82 Bridging stent graft selection for iliac bifurcated grafts: balloon vs. self-expanding stent graft outcomes in a 14-year cohort. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.03.163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A., G, Nassar M, Al-Qaltaqge O. Relationship of Irrigation Intervals, Silicon, and Nano-Silver to Maize Productivity Under Soil Affected by Salinity. Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, H Botany 2022. [DOI: 10.21608/eajbsh.2022.222230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Jazieh A, Sağlam EK, Önal H, Abdelkader Y, Gaafar R, Dawoud E, Nassar M, Alshorbagy D, El Ashry H, Alsayed M. Real-world Treatment Patterns and Outcomes in Stage III Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Middle East and Africa – KINDLE Study. Clin Lung Cancer 2022; 23:364-373. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2022.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Revised: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Jazieh A, Saglam EK, Önal H, Abdelkader Y, Gaafar R, Dawoud E, Nassar M, Alshorbagy D, El Ashry H, Alsayed M. 1177P Real-world treatment patterns and outcomes in stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): Middle East and Africa (MEA)-KINDLE study. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.1781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Abd EL- Moneim E, Nassar M, El-Said R, EL-Refaee Y. Improvement of Salt Stress Tolerance in Strawberry by Ethyl Methane Sulfonate Treatment. Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Biotechnology 2021; 12:117-126. [DOI: 10.21608/jacb.2021.186727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Gonzalez Fernandez O, De Rita F, Coats L, Crossland D, Nassar M, Hermuzi A, Santos Lopez B, Woods A, Robinson-Smith N, Petit T, Seller N, O´Sullivan J, McDiarmid A, Schueler S, Hasan A, MacGowan G, Jansen K. Ventricular Assist Devices in Adults with Failing Systemic Right Ventricle: The Importance of Concomitant Tricuspid Valve Replacement. J Heart Lung Transplant 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.01.321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Arow Z, Yaron A, Nassar M, Perlman G, Lessick J, Brodov Y, Vaknin-Assa H, Steinvil A, Kornowski R, Hamdan A. Characteristics of aortic root and vascular anatomy in bicuspid versus tricuspid aortic valve stenosis in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.0168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is being increasingly performed in patients with bicuspid aortic valve stenosis (AS).
Objectives
This study sought to compare aortic root and ilio-femoral artery characteristics and clinical outcomes in patients with bicuspid versus tricuspid AS from the Bicuspid AS TAVI multicenter registry.
Methods
88 patients with bicuspid AS and 213 matched patients with tricuspid AS were referred for pre-procedural computed tomography (CT) evaluation before TAVI. We performed a detailed assessment of aortic root anatomy: size of the annulus, sinus of Valsalva (SoV), sino-tubular junction (STJ); we also determined the dimensions of aorta, left subclavian, and ilio-femoral arteries.
Results
Patients with bicuspid AS had significantly larger aortic root dimensions, (annulus mean diameter: 25.5±2.9 mm vs. 23.7±2.4 mm, SoV mean diameter: 35.3±4.7 mm vs. 32±4.4mm, STJ mean diameter: 31.5±4.9 mm vs. 27.6±3.5 mm; respectively) than patients with tricuspid AS (P value for all <0.001), even after adjustment for their larger BSA and height. Dimensions of ascending aorta, left subclavian artery, and ilio-femoral arteries were also consistently larger in bicuspid than in tricuspid AS morphology.
Conclusions
Patients with bicuspid AS had significantly larger aortic root dimensions, larger ascending aorta, subclavian artery and ilio-femoral arteries even after adjustment for their BSA and height.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: Public hospital(s). Main funding source(s): Rabin Medical Center
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- Z Arow
- Rabin Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Hadassah University Medical Center, Cardiology, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Rambam Health Care Campus, Cardiology, Haifa, Israel
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- Sheba Medical Center, Cardiology, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Sourasky Medical Center, Cardiology, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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Aviv Y, Nassar M, Perlman G, Arow Z, Lessick J, Danenberg H, Vaknin-Assa H, Finkelstein A, Kornowski R, Hamdan A. Differences in valve morphology between patients with bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valve. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.0166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) patients represent a significant minority of severe aortic stenosis (AS) patients undergoing transcutaneous aortic valve implantation (TAVI). These patients demonstrate anatomic differences compared to tricuspid aortic valve (TAV). Ethnicity is associated with different valve morphologies characterized by Siever's classification.
Purpose
We aim to evaluated the prevalence of BAV subtypes and the differences in valve morphology and aortic root dimensions between BAV and TAV in patients undergoing computed tomography (CT) before TAVI.
Methods
In five Israeli medical centers, 131 patients with BAV and 674 patients with TAV underwent CT angiography. BAV morphology was defined according to the number of commissures and raphe, following Siever's classification. Aortic root dimensions were measured at the level of the aortic annulus, sinus of Valsalva (SOV), and sino-tubular junction (STJ). Finally, Agatston score unit (AU) for valve calcification was evaluated.
Results
Type 0 accounted for 27% (36/131), Type IA for 63% (82/131), Type IC for 9% (12/131), and Type 2 for 1% (1/131). Calcium score in BAV patients was significantly higher compared to TAV patients, 4000±1897 vs. 2152±1216 AU; respectively (P<0.001). Distance from the annulus to the left main coronary artery was greater in BAV patients compared to TAV (13.8±3.6 mm vs. 12.8±2.8 mm; respectively, P<0.001), similar distance from annulus to right coronary artery was observed in BAV and TAV patients (16.7±3.7 mm vs. 15±3 mm; respectively, P<0.001). Aortic annulus perimeter was greater in BAV than TAV patients (79.3±11mm vs. 73±8.7mm, respectively, P<0.001), as well as SOV perimeter (35.7±4.5mm vs. 32±3.7mm, respectively, P<0.001), and STJ perimeter (32.3±5mm vs. 27±3.3 mm; respectively, P<0.001).
Conclusion
In Israel, AS patients showed more frequently type 1A BAV. BAV patients have larger aortic root dimensions and higher calcium burden than TAV patients.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: None
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- Y Aviv
- Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rambam Health Care Campus, Cardiology, Haifa, Israel
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- Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Sourasky Medical Center, Cardiology, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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Abido A, Nassar M, Abd-Allah S, Gohar A. Selection for Earliness, Yield and Its Components Within Segregated Generation of Broad Bean Hybrids. Journal of the Advances in Agricultural Researches 2020; 25:268-283. [DOI: 10.21608/jalexu.2020.161616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Allen Z, Richardson J, Nassar M, Moles D. Dentists' perceptions of their professional roles regarding referrals within primary dental care in England: a qualitative study. Community Dent Health 2020; 37:229-234. [PMID: 32673473 DOI: 10.1922/cdh_00016allen06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To describe dentists' perceptions of their professional roles, including the reasons why they make, accept or decline patient referrals within primary dental care in England. BASIC RESEARCH DESIGN Qualitative semi-structured interviews, conducted via Skype, telephone or face-to-face. Transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis and typologies were developed. PARTICIPANTS Ten general dental practitioners (GDPs) and 12 community dentists working in England. RESULTS Five main themes were identified: professional independence, the nature of dental care, the business of dentistry, obscure rules and 'no man's land'. This final theme described a notional gap between GDPs' and community dentists' responsibilities towards vulnerable people, who were perceived by participants to include frail older people, anxious and socially marginalised adults and children with high levels of disease. Three typologies of dentists were generated. 'Entrepreneurs' felt no allegiance to the National Health Service and no obligation to treat vulnerable patients. 'Altruistic carers' were committed to caring for exceptionally deserving patients. 'Pragmatic carers' tried to provide relational dental care (time and emotional support) for vulnerable patients but encountered discouraging systemic barriers. CONCLUSION Dentists' perceptions of their roles may influence whether and how they provide access to primary dental care for vulnerable people through referral systems. Access issues may exacerbate the oral health inequalities experienced by vulnerable groups. Based upon the findings, approaches are proposed that may encourage and enable the dental workforce to support vulnerable people actively to receive primary dental care.
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- Z Allen
- Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry & Human Sciences, University of Plymouth
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- Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry & Human Sciences, University of Plymouth
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- Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry & Human Sciences, University of Plymouth
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- Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry & Human Sciences, University of Plymouth
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A. G, Rehab I, Nassar M, Farag F. Wheat Productivity In Relation To Salicylic Acid Under Water Stress. Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, H Botany 2020. [DOI: 10.21608/eajbsh.2020.119320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Senok A, Nassar R, Kaklamanos E, Belhoul K, Fanas SA, Nassar M, Azar A, Müller E, Reissig A, Gawlik D, Monecke S, Ehricht R. Genotyping Staphylococcus aureus isolates associated with nasal colonization and environmental contamination in academic dental clinics. J Infect Public Health 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.01.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Schwartzenberg S, Shapira Y, Vaturi M, Nassar M, Hamdan A, Yedidya I, Ofek H, Kazum S, Monakier D, Kornowski R, Sagie A. P1370 Correlation of aortic stenosis by integrated transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography with calcium score. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jez319.805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Funding Acknowledgements
None
BACKGROUND
Aortic stenosis (AS) classification depends on left-ventricular ejection-fraction (LVEF <≥50%), aortic valve area (AVA<≥1cm2), mean pressure gradient (MG<≥40mmHg), peak velocity<≥400 cm/sec, and stroke-volume index (SVI<≥35ml/m2). Aortic Valve Agatston CT score (AVC) correlates with AS severity by trans-thoracic echo (TTE), but its association with AS severity determined by integrated TTE and TEE is unknown.
PURPOSE
We investigated correlation of AVC with dichotomous AS grouping by Integrated TTE + TEE vs TTE only.
METHODS
64 TAVI candidates underwent sequential TTE and TEE, of which 24 underwent coronary CT within 4 months. Based on recommended conservative vs invasive treatment implication (A/B respectively), AS types were aggregated separately by TTE or Integrated TTE-TEE into two groups: Group-A (Moderate AS and Normal-Flow Low-Gradient), and Group-B (High-Gradient, Low-EF Low-Flow Low-Gradient, and Paradoxical Low-Flow Low-Gradient). Continuous and dichotomous AVC correlation (cutoffs based on guidelines) with echo binary classification was then determined.
RESULTS
Patients were 81.1(77.3-84.6) years old, 18(48.6%) were women, and had LVEF of 60% (49-65). AVC-score distribution in the two AS A/B Groups by two echo modalities is presented in the boxplot Figure. Only classification by TTE held discriminative accuracy in A/B grouping, with Area-Under-Curve of 0.736 (CI 0.57-0.9), and optimal threshold value of 1946 AU having 77% sensitivity and 74% specificity. Compared with AVC dichotomous classification, integrated TTE + TEE upgraded AS class (from A to B) in 5/6 (83.3%) patients vs 12/18 (66.7%) in which it downgraded AS class from B to A.
CONCLUSIONS
Aortic valve calcification correlates well with AS class dichotomized by operative implication through conventional TTE but not through integrated TTE + TEE. Our preliminary results appear to be caused by initial selection bias of patients in whom coronary CT performance was deemed to be justified by the treating physician rather than reflect a true better correlation between CT score and AS assessment by TTE vs by integrated TTE + TEE.
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- Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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Alfishawy M, Elbendary A, Mohamed M, Nassar M. COVID-19 Mortality in Transplant Recipients. Int J Organ Transplant Med 2020; 11:145-162. [PMID: 33335696 PMCID: PMC7726838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Organ transplant recipients are vulnerable to multiple infectious agents and in a world with a circulating SARS-CoV-2 virus, it would be expected that patients who are immunosuppressed would have higher mortality. OBJECTIVE To determine the COVID-19 mortality in transplant recipients. METHODS We conducted a search in PubMed and Google scholar databases using the keywords for COVID-19 and transplantation. All related studies between January 1, 2020 and May 7, 2020 were reviewed. All relevant published articles related to COVID-19 in transplant recipients were included. RESULTS 46 articles were included; they studied a total of 320 transplant patients-220 kidney transplant recipients, 42 liver, 19 heart, 22 lung, 8 HSCT, and 9 dual organ transplant recipients. The overall mortality rate was 20% and was variable among different organs and different countries. 65 transplant recipients died of complications attributable to COVID-19; 33 were males (15% of males in this cohort), 8 females (8% of females in this cohort), and 24 whose sex was not determined. They had a median age of 66 (range: 32-87) years. The median transplantation duration was 8 years (range: 30 days to 20 years). The most frequent comorbidity reported was hypertensions followed by diabetes mellitus, obesity, malignancy, ischemic heart disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The most frequent cause of death reported was acute respiratory distress syndrome. CONCLUSION Transplant recipients in our cohort had a high mortality rate. However, outcomes were not the same in different countries based on outbreak settings. Mortality was noted in elder patients with comorbidities.
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- M. Alfishawy
- Infectious Diseases Consultants and Academic Researchers of Egypt (IDCARE), Cairo, Egypt
- Aswan Heart Centre, Aswan, Egypt
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- Dermatology Department, Kasr Alainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Nephrology Division, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Internal Medicine Department, Beni Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt
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Nassar M, Arow Z, Monakier D, Zusman O, Shafir G, Kornowski R, Hamdan A. P6160Long term prognosis of intramural course of coronary arteries in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy assessed by coronary CT angiography. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz746.0766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
The prognostic value of an intramural course of the coronary arteries detected by coronary CTA in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is not well-known.
Purpose
To evaluate in patients with HCM, who were referred for coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA), whether an intramural course of a coronary artery is associated with a worse outcome compared to HCM patients without an intramural course of the coronary arteries.
Methods
The study population consisted of 92 patients with HCM who were referred for coronary CTA and who did not have obstructive CAD. During follow-up, the occurrence of unstable angina pectoris that required hospitalization, myocardial infarction, and all-cause mortality was evaluated (i.e. adverse cardiac events).
Results
Using coronary CTA, 57 patients (62%) had an intramural course of coronary arteries. Patients with HCM were followed over 5.5±3.5 years. The composite of adverse cardiac events occurred in 17/57 (29.8%) patients with, and 11 out of 35 (31.4%) patients without intramural course (P=0.87). The event rate of unstable angina pectoris requiring hospitalization (28.1% vs. 22.9%), myocardial infarction (1.8% vs. 8.6%), and all case mortality (0.0% vs. 0.0%) was similar in patients with and without an intramural course.
Conclusion
Intramural course of coronary arteries in patients with HCM was frequently observed by coronary CTA, but it was not associated with worse cardiovascular clinical outcome.
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- M Nassar
- Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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Nassar M, Perlman G, Arow Z, Lessick J, Segev A, Assali A, Danenberg H, Goitein O, Vaknin-Assa H, Orvin K, Sabtan O, Finkelstein A, Banai S, Kornowski R, Hamdan A. P3378Differences in valve morphology and aortopathy between patients with bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valves: a Computed Tomography Study. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz745.0254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has been shown safe and feasible in patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) morphology. Evaluation of differences in valve morphology and aortic root dimensions in patients with BAV in comparison to patients with tricuspid aortic valve (TAV) is important for the spread of TAVI in patients with BAV.
Purpose
The present study evaluated the prevalence of BAV subtypes and the differences in valve morphology and aortic root dimensions between BAV and TAV in patients undergoing computed tomography (CT) before TAVI.
Methods
In five medical centers in Israel, 104 patients (69±13.5 years) with BAV and 105 patients (81±8.22 years) with TAV underwent CT angiography. BAV morphology was defined according to the number of commissures and raphe following Siever's classification. Functional BAV was defined as 3 cusps with focal fusion of 1, 2, or 3 commissures. Aortic root dimensions were measured at the level of the aortic annulus, sinus of Valsalva (SOV), sino-tubular junction (STJ), and ascending aorta (AA). Membranous septum (MS) length was measured in coronal view. The volume and agatston score of aortic valve calcification were evaluated.
Results
Type 0 account for 22% (23/104), type IA for 58% (60/104), Type IC for 9% (9/104), functional BAV for 11% (12/104). Type IB and II were not found in the studied population. As compared with TAV, patients with BAV have significantly larger aortic annulus area, SOV area, STJ area and AA Area; however, the ellipticity index of aortic annulus, SOV, STJ, and AA were similar. MS length was significantly smaller in patients with BAV compared to patients with TAV (6.4±2.3 mm vs. 8.1±2.7mm; retrospectively; P<0.001) and the volume of aortic valve calcifications was significantly higher in BAV compared to TAV patients: 2.3±1.6 ml3 vs. 1.4±1.2 ml3 retrospectively; P=0.003).
Conclusions
In Israel, patients with BAV showed more frequently type 1A BAV. BAV patients have larger aortic root dimensions than patients with TAV without difference in regard to the ellipticity index. MS length was smaller and the amount of aortic leaflet calcifications was higher in patients with BAV. These findings may have important impact on procedural outcome.
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- M Nassar
- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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Aziz H, Nassar M, Badway H, Abd Elrahaman M. RUMEN FERMENTATIONS AND RUMEN CILIATE PROTOZOA OF GOAT KIDS FED DIETS WITH DIFFERENT CONCENTRATE: ROUGHAGE RATIO. Egyptian Journal of Nutrition and Feeds 2018; 21:667-683. [DOI: 10.21608/ejnf.2018.75770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Arow Z, Nassar M, Monakier D, Bental T, Shafir G, Assali A, Vaknin-Assa H, Kornowski R, Hamdan A. P2753Prevalence of myocardial crypts in the hypertrophied heart: a computed tomography study. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy565.p2753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Z Arow
- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Petah Tikva, Israel
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Nassar M, Monakier D, Shafir G, Arow Z, Kornowski R, Hamdan A. 6183Prevalence of myocardial bridging in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a coronary computed tomography study. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy566.6183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- M Nassar
- Rabin Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Petach Tikva, Israel
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Nassar M, Monakier D, Arow Z, Shafir G, Kornowski R, Hamdan A. P2754Prognostic value of coronary artery blood volume to myocardial mass mismatch in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy565.p2754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- M Nassar
- Rabin Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Petach Tikva, Israel
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Habous M, Giona S, Williamson B, Mekawi Z, Abdelrahman Z, Nassar M, Binsaleh S, Muir G. 546 Assessment of predictors of abnormal peak systolic velocity and end diastolic velocity in penile doppler ultrasound. J Sex Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.04.451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Habous M, Giona S, Muir G, Binsaleh S, Abdelwahab O, Nassar M, Abdelrahman Z, Elserafy A, Mulhall J, Ralph D. 259 Penile prosthesis implantation preserves penile length. J Sex Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.04.224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Habous M, Malkawi I, Han E, Nassar M, Abdelrahman Z, Binsaleh S, Bettocchi C, Ralph D, Santucci R. 668 Peyronie's Disease is common in poorly controlled diabetics but is not associated with the metabolic syndrome. J Sex Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.04.576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Habous M, Giona S, Binsaleh S, Abdelrahman Z, Nassar M, Tealab A, Mulhall J, Muir G. 440 Serum testosterone in diabetic men is not linked to diabetic control. J Sex Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.04.346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Habous M, Nassar M, Mahmoud S, Abdelrahman Z, Elserafy A, Abdelwahab O, Mekawi Z, Binsaleh S, Ralph D, Christopher N. 628 Comparing the outcome and adverse events in malleable versus inflatable penile implants. J Sex Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.04.535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Habous M, Giona S, Abdelrahman Z, Nassar M, Tealab A, Muir G, Binsaleh S. 710 Investigating the correlation between vitamin D and metabolic syndrome. J Sex Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.04.619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Nassar M, Gromer A, Thalmann F, Hébraud P, Holl Y. Velocity of lateral drying fronts in film formation by drying of colloidal dispersions. A 2D simulation. J Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 511:424-433. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Revised: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Nassar M, Gromer A, Favier D, Thalmann F, Hébraud P, Holl Y. Horizontal drying fronts in films of colloidal dispersions: influence of hydrostatic pressure and collective diffusion. Soft Matter 2017; 13:9162-9173. [PMID: 29177309 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm01334e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
The origin and time evolution of heterogeneities in drying colloidal films is still a matter of debate. In this work, we studied the behaviour of horizontal drying fronts in a 1D configuration. The effects of hydrostatic pressure and collective diffusion of charged particles, neglected so far, were introduced. We made use of the new simulation tool based on cellular automata we recently presented (Langmuir 2015 & 2017). To check the simulation results, measurements of film profiles in the wet state and drying front velocities were performed with silica colloids. It was shown that taking hydrostatic pressure into account much improves agreement between theory and experiment. On the other hand, the simulation showed that collective diffusion slows down the drying fronts, even more when the Debye length is increased. This latter effect remains to be checked experimentally. This work opens the way to further improvements of theory and simulation, notably 2D and 3D simulations.
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- M Nassar
- CNRS-ICS & Université de Strasbourg 23, rue du Loess BP 84047 67034, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France.
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Erdem H, Inan A, Guven E, Hargreaves S, Larsen L, Shehata G, Pernicova E, Khan E, Bastakova L, Namani S, Harxhi A, Roganovic T, Lakatos B, Uysal S, Sipahi OR, Crisan A, Miftode E, Stebel R, Jegorovic B, Fehér Z, Jekkel C, Pandak N, Moravveji A, Yilmaz H, Khalifa A, Musabak U, Yilmaz S, Jouhar A, Oztoprak N, Argemi X, Baldeyrou M, Bellaud G, Moroti RV, Hasbun R, Salazar L, Tekin R, Canestri A, Čalkić L, Praticò L, Yilmaz-Karadag F, Santos L, Pinto A, Kaptan F, Bossi P, Aron J, Duissenova A, Shopayeva G, Utaganov B, Grgic S, Ersoz G, Wu AKL, Lung KC, Bruzsa A, Radic LB, Kahraman H, Momen-Heravi M, Kulzhanova S, Rigo F, Konkayeva M, Smagulova Z, Tang T, Chan P, Ahmetagic S, Porobic-Jahic H, Moradi F, Kaya S, Cag Y, Bohr A, Artuk C, Celik I, Amsilli M, Gul HC, Cascio A, Lanzafame M, Nassar M. The burden and epidemiology of community-acquired central nervous system infections: a multinational study. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2017; 36:1595-1611. [PMID: 28397100 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-017-2973-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2017] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Risk assessment of central nervous system (CNS) infection patients is of key importance in predicting likely pathogens. However, data are lacking on the epidemiology globally. We performed a multicenter study to understand the burden of community-acquired CNS (CA-CNS) infections between 2012 and 2014. A total of 2583 patients with CA-CNS infections were included from 37 referral centers in 20 countries. Of these, 477 (18.5%) patients survived with sequelae and 227 (8.8%) died, and 1879 (72.7%) patients were discharged with complete cure. The most frequent infecting pathogens in this study were Streptococcus pneumoniae (n = 206, 8%) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (n = 152, 5.9%). Varicella zoster virus and Listeria were other common pathogens in the elderly. Although staphylococci and Listeria resulted in frequent infections in immunocompromised patients, cryptococci were leading pathogens in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive individuals. Among the patients with any proven etiology, 96 (8.9%) patients presented with clinical features of a chronic CNS disease. Neurosyphilis, neurobrucellosis, neuroborreliosis, and CNS tuberculosis had a predilection to present chronic courses. Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, M. tuberculosis, and S. pneumoniae were the most fatal forms, while sequelae were significantly higher for herpes simplex virus type 1 (p < 0.05 for all). Tackling the high burden of CNS infections globally can only be achieved with effective pneumococcal immunization and strategies to eliminate tuberculosis, and more must be done to improve diagnostic capacity.
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- H Erdem
- Principal Coordinator of ID-IRI, Ankara, Turkey.
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Gulhane Medical Academy, 06010, Etlik, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Beytepe Murat Erdi Eker State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- International Health Unit, Section of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Commonwealth Building, Hammersmith Campus, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Infectious Diseases Q, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt
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- Avenier, Centres for Vaccination and Travel Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
- Faculty Hospital Brno, Department of Infectious Diseases, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Faculty Hospital Brno, Department of Infectious Diseases and Masaryk University Faculty of Medicine, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Infectious Diseases Clinic, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo
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- Service of Infectious Disease, University Hospital Center of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
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- Infectious Diseases Clinic, University Hospital Clinical Center Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Saint Laszlo Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Seyfi Demirsoy State Hospital, Buca, İzmir, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
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- Hospital of Infectious Diseases, Gr. T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
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- Faculty Hospital Brno, Department of Infectious Diseases and Masaryk University Faculty of Medicine, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Markusovszky University Teaching Hospital, Szombathely, Hungary
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Saint Laszlo Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
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- General Hospital Slavonski Brod, Department for Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Department of Community Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Damascus Hospital, Damascus, Syria
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- Department of Immunology and Allergy, Losante Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Gulhane Medical Academy, Blood Bank, Clinical Microbiology Division, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Damascus Hospital, Damascus, Syria
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- Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
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- Infectious Diseases Department, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg, France
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- Infectious Diseases Department, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Tenon University Hospital, Paris, France
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- Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy and Matei Bals National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
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- Medical School, Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Medical School, Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Tenon University Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Zenica Cantonal Hospital, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- University Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Piazza Spedali Civili, 25123, Brescia, Italy
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- Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Infectious Diseases Service, Centro Hospitalar São João and Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Infectious Diseases Service, Centro Hospitalar São João and Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Katip Celebi University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department Maladies Infectieuses, Institut Pasteur de Paris-HPA, Paris, France
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- Department Maladies Infectieuses, Institut Pasteur de Paris-HPA, Paris, France
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- Clinic for Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Saint Laszlo Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, General Hospital Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Croatia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Astana Medical University, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Astana Medical University, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Astana Medical University, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Infectious Diseases Team, Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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- Neurology Team, Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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- University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey
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- School of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Institute of Inflammation Research, Department of Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Gulhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Kayseri Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, CHU Bicètre, Paris, France
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Gulhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Health Promotion Sciences and Mother and Child Care "G. D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy
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- Infection Control Department, Saudi German Hospital Group, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Kjaer DW, Nassar M, Jensen LS, Svendsen LB, Mortensen FV. A bridging stent to surgery in patients with esophageal and gastroesophageal junction cancer has a dramatic negative impact on patient survival: A retrospective cohort study through data acquired from a prospectively maintained national database. Dis Esophagus 2017; 30:1-7. [PMID: 27001181 DOI: 10.1111/dote.12474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
This study aimed to assess the impact of esophageal stenting on postoperative complications and survival in patients with obstructing esophageal and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer. All patients treated without neoadjuvant therapy that had an R0-resection performed for esophageal and GEJ cancer between January 2003 and December 2010 were identified from a prospectively maintained database. Data on stenting, postoperative mortality, morbidity, recurrence-free survival, complications, and length of hospital stay were collected. Kaplan-Meier plots for survival and recurrence-free survival curves were constructed for R0 resected patients. Data were compared between the stent and no-stent group by nonparametric tests. Two hundred seventy three consecutive R0 resected patients with esophageal or GEJ cancer were identified. Of these patients, 63 had a stent as a bridge to surgery. The male/female ratio was 2.64 (198/75) with a median age in the stent group (SG) of 65.1 versus 64.3 in the no stent group (NSG). Patients were comparable with respect to gender, age, smoking, TNM-classification, oncological treatment, hospital stay, tumor location, and histology. The median survival in the SG was 11.6 months compared with 21.3 months for patients treated without a bridging stent (P < 0.001). There were no statistically significant differences in 30-day mortality between the two groups, but NSG patients exhibited a significantly better two-year survival (P = 0.017). The median recurrence-free survival was 9.1 months for the SG compared with 15.2 months for the NSG. The use of a stent as a bridging procedure to surgery in patients treated without neaoadjuvant therapy for an esophageal or GEJ cancer that later underwent R0 resection decreased the two year survival and the recurrence-free survival.
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- D W Kjaer
- Department of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus , Denmark
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- Department of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus , Denmark
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- Department of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus , Denmark
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- Department of Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus , Denmark
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Habous M, Tal R, Nassar M, Mahmoud S, Tealab A, Elkhouly M, Kamil U, Kamr H, Mekawi Z, Remeah A, Abdelwahab O, Mulhall J. 163 Defining Predictors of Penile Implant Infection. J Sex Med 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.11.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- M. Nassar
- Department of Statistics, Faculty of Commerce, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Mathematics, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Statistics, Faculty of Commerce, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Statistics, Faculty of Commerce, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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Divry V, Gromer A, Nassar M, Lambour C, Collin D, Holl Y. Drying Mechanisms in Plasticized Latex Films: Role of Horizontal Drying Fronts. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:6791-802. [PMID: 27244562 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b03009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This article presents studies on the drying kinetics of latexes with particles made progressively softer by adding increasing amounts of a plasticizer, in relation to speeds of horizontal drying fronts and particle deformation mechanisms. Global drying rates were measured by gravimetry, and speeds of the horizontal fronts were recorded using a video camera and image processing. Particle deformation mechanisms were inferred using the deformation map established by Routh and Russel (RR). This required precise measurements of the rheological properties of the polymers using a piezorheometer. The results show that latexes with softer particles dry slowly, but in our systems, this is not due to skin formation. A correlation between global drying rates and speeds of horizontal fronts could be established and interpreted in terms of the evolution of mass transfer coefficients of water in different areas of the drying system. The speeds of the horizontal drying fronts were compared with the RR model. A remarkable qualitative agreement of the curve shapes was observed; however, the fit could not be considered good. These results call for further research efforts in modeling and simulation.
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- V Divry
- CNRS-ICS & Université de Strasbourg , 23, rue du Loess, BP 84047, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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- CNRS-ICS & Université de Strasbourg , 23, rue du Loess, BP 84047, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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- CNRS-ICS & Université de Strasbourg , 23, rue du Loess, BP 84047, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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- CNRS-ICS & Université de Strasbourg , 23, rue du Loess, BP 84047, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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- CNRS-ICS & Université de Strasbourg , 23, rue du Loess, BP 84047, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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- CNRS-ICS & Université de Strasbourg , 23, rue du Loess, BP 84047, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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Latus H, Nassar M, Wong J, Hachmann P, Hussain T, Apitz C, Salih C, Austin C, Anderson D, Akintuerk H, Bauer J, Schranz D, Greil G. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Assessment of Ventricular and Vascular Properties after Stage 2 Palliation for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Dual Center Study Comparing the Norwood and Hybrid Approach. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2016. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1571863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Gromer A, Nassar M, Thalmann F, Hébraud P, Holl Y. Simulation of Latex Film Formation Using a Cell Model in Real Space: Vertical Drying. Langmuir 2015; 31:10983-94. [PMID: 26378376 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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This paper presents a simulation tool applied to latex film formation by drying, a hybrid between a classical numerical resolution method using finite differences and cellular automata, and making use of object-oriented programming. It consists of dividing real space into cells and applying local physical laws to simulate the exchange of matter between neighboring cells. In a first step, the simulation was applied to the simple case of vertical drying of a latex containing only one population of monodisperse particles and water. Our results show how the distribution of latex particles evolves through the different drying stages due to a combination of diffusion, convection, and particle deformation. While repulsive interactions between the particles tend to favor homogeneous distributions in the first drying stage, concentration gradients that develop in opposite ways can be observed depending on the drying regime. The distributions, calculated in various cases, reproduce and extend several theoretical results and are in qualitative agreement with some experimental findings.
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- A Gromer
- CNRS-ICS, Université de Strasbourg , 23 rue du Loess BP 84047, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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- CNRS-ICS, Université de Strasbourg , 23 rue du Loess BP 84047, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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- CNRS-ICS, Université de Strasbourg , 23 rue du Loess BP 84047, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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- IPCMS, 23 rue du Loess BP 43, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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- CNRS-ICS, Université de Strasbourg , 23 rue du Loess BP 84047, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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BACKGROUND Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is associated with cerebrovascular risk factors, but its possible association with cerebrovascular disease has yielded conflicting results. OBJECTIVE This was a case-control, in-hospital study to evaluate the association between RLS and acute stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). METHODS We evaluated patients hospitalized with acute stroke/TIA and an age and gender 2:1 frequency-matched control group, for the presence of RLS. RESULTS Twenty-two of 149 patients (15%) and 10 of 298 controls (3%) suffered from RLS (p <0.0001). A multivariate logistic regression model employing cerebrovascular risk factors as predictors, that is, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and body mass index (BMI), determined that stroke/TIA was significantly associated with RLS with odds ratio for RLS among patients with stroke/TIA versus controls of 7.60 (95% confidence interval (CI): 2.07-27.87; p = 0.002). Another multivariate logistic regression model adjusting for possible RLS risk factors, that is, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, BMI, anemia, and reduced renal function, determined that stroke/TIA was significantly associated with RLS with odds ratio of 6.85 (95% CI: 6.85-1.79; p = 0.005). Stepwise logistic regression with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, BMI, anemia, and reduced renal function as potential predictors revealed that only stroke/TIA predicted RLS with similar odds ratio to the RLS-based multivariate model of 6.54 (95% CI: 2.63-16.27; p <0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Examining stroke patients while in hospital allowed us to conclude that RLS and acute stroke/TIA are significantly associated. However, the cross-sectional design did not allow for the determination of a causative relationship between the two.
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- I Schlesinger
- Department of Neurology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel; Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
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- Department of Neurology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Neurology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Neurology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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Jamleh A, Komabayashi T, Ebihara A, Nassar M, Watanabe S, Yoshioka T, Miyara K, Suda H. Root surface strain during canal shaping and its influence on apical microcrack development: a preliminary investigation. Int Endod J 2014; 48:1103-11. [DOI: 10.1111/iej.12406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2014] [Accepted: 10/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- A. Jamleh
- Endodontics, College of Dentistry; King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; National Guard Health Affairs; Khashm Al An; Riyadh Saudi Arabia
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- Endodontics, School of Dentistry; West Virginia University; Morgantown WV USA
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- Department of Pulp Biology and Endodontics; Division of Oral Health Sciences; Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Tokyo Medical and Dental University; Tokyo Japan
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- Cariology and Operative Dentistry; Department of Oral Health Sciences; Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Tokyo Medical and Dental University; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Pulp Biology and Endodontics; Division of Oral Health Sciences; Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Tokyo Medical and Dental University; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Pulp Biology and Endodontics; Division of Oral Health Sciences; Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Tokyo Medical and Dental University; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Pulp Biology and Endodontics; Division of Oral Health Sciences; Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Tokyo Medical and Dental University; Tokyo Japan
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Filc D, Ziv H, Nassar M, Davidovitch N. Palestinian Prisoners' Hunger-Strikes in Israeli Prisons: Beyond the Dual-Loyalty Dilemma in Medical Practice and Patient Care. Public Health Ethics 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/phe/phu021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Nassar M, Hiraishi N, Islam MS, Tamura Y, Otsuki M, Kasugai S, Ohya K, Tagami J, Tay FR. The effect of glutathione on 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate cytotoxicity and on resin-dentine bond strength. Int Endod J 2013; 47:652-8. [PMID: 24117849 DOI: 10.1111/iej.12201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2013] [Accepted: 10/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIM To evaluate the influence of reduced glutathione (GSH) application on 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA) cytotoxicity on rat pulpal cells and evaluate the effect of etched-dentine treatment with GSH on the immediate microtensile bond strength (μTBS) of etch-and-rinse adhesive. METHODOLOGY The cytotoxicity of 10 mmol L(-1) HEMA, 10 mmol L(-1) HEMA + 1 mmol L(-1) GSH, 10 mmol L(-1) HEMA + 5 mmol L(-1) GSH and 10 mmol L(-1) HEMA + 10 mmol L(-1) GSH was compared (6 h and 24 h). Cells viability was measured by means of 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, followed by morphological observation of cells. Etched-dentine surfaces were rinsed and treated with one of the following solutions: 2% GSH, 5% GSH or 10% GSH, bonded with Adper Single Bond Plus (3M, ESPE, St. Paul, MN, USA) and restored with resin composite. The control group received no GSH treatment. After 1 day of water-storage at 37 °C, the specimens were subjected to μTBS testing. Cytotoxicity and μTBS data were analysed by one-way anova and Tukey post hoc tests (P < 0.05). RESULTS There were significant differences between the groups. HEMA elicited a remarkable toxic effect. 10 mmol L(-1) GSH prevented HEMA-induced damage at both exposure times. Whilst 5 mmol L(-1) GSH lost its protective effect at 24-h exposure time and 1 mmol L(-1) GSH showed no protective effect at both exposure times, GSH had no significant effect on the immediate μTBS; however, 5% GSH had higher bond strength value when compared to 10% GSH (P = 0.003). CONCLUSION Controlled concentrations of GSH had a protective effect against HEMA cytotoxicity. GSH had neither positive nor negative influence on μTBS.
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- M Nassar
- Cariology and Operative Dentistry, Department of Oral Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan; Global Center of Excellence (GCOE) Program, International Research Center for Molecular Science in Tooth and Bone Diseases at Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Goraga Z, Nassar M, Schramm GP, Brockmann GA. Phenotypic characterization of chicken inbred lines that differ extremely in growth, body composition and egg production traits. Arch Anim Breed 2010. [DOI: 10.5194/aab-53-337-2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Abstract. The development of phenotypically and genetically divergent inbred chicken lines as simplified genetic models facilitates the identification of genes and contributes to the elucidation of gene functions. In this study, we characterized a New Hampshire (NH) population with its partial inbred derivative, New Hampshire inbred (NHI), and a White Leghorn inbred line (WL77). Both NHI and WL77 lines were inbred after selection for high meat yield or low egg weight, respectively. The inbreeding levels in NHI and WL77 are about 86 % and 100 %, respectively. Animals of the NHI line grew twice as fast, were about two times as heavy at 20 weeks, and deposited 9.3 times as much fat as WL77. NHI females reached sexual maturity, indicated by age at first egg, earlier, had a 35 % higher egg production ratio, and their eggs were on average 6 g heavier compared to WL77 females. The NHI and WL77 lines were extremely different for most traits, which makes them suitable for cross-bred experiments to map quantitative trait loci and identify genes contributing to the observed differences.
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Janakat S, Nassar M. Hepatoprotective Activity of Desert Truffle (Terfezia claveryi) in Comparison with the Effect of Nigella sativa in the Rat. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2010.52.56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Salomon L, Nassar M, Bernard J, Ville Y, Fauconnier A. A score-based method to improve the quality of emergency gynaecological ultrasound examination. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2009; 143:116-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2008.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2008] [Revised: 09/30/2008] [Accepted: 12/22/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Quarello E, Stirnemann J, Nassar M, Nasr B, Bernard JP, Leleu-Huard F, Ville Y. Outcome of anaemic monochorionic single survivors following early intrauterine rescue transfusion in cases of feto-fetal transfusion syndrome. BJOG 2008; 115:595-601. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01659.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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El Kateb A, Nasr B, Nassar M, Bernard JP, Ville Y. First-trimester ultrasound examination and the outcome of monochorionic twin pregnancies. Prenat Diagn 2008; 27:922-5. [PMID: 17590889 DOI: 10.1002/pd.1802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To refine the incidence of abnormal first-trimester ultrasound measurements and their correlation with the outcome of monochorionic diamniotic pregnancies. METHODS First-trimester crown-rump length (CRL) and nuchal translucency thickness (NT) measurements were studied in three subgroups of a total of 200 monochorionic twin gestations referred to our center between June 2002 and February 2006. Intertwin CRL discordance was defined as > 10% and the 95th percentile of NT thickness for gestational age was used. The first group of 103 consecutive unselected monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies was prospectively followed up from 11-14 weeks onwards, throughout the pregnancy. The second group of 136 nonconsecutive monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies including 64 that developed TTTS was studied retrospectively. The third group of 100 consecutive cases of TTTS studied retrospectively for the correlation between first trimester measurements and staging and timing of occurrence of TTTS. RESULTS In group 1, the incidence of TTTS was 5 in 103 (5%, 95CI [0.7-9]). Large intertwin CRL discordance and increased NT were correlated with perinatal death. In group 2, no significant association was found between first-trimester parameters and the development of TTTS but discordance in early second trimester biometry and Doppler were. In group three, a positive correlation was found between the intertwin discordance in CRL and early occurrence of TTTS before 20 weeks of gestation (p = 0.02). CONCLUSION Monochorionic twin gestations who ultimately develop TTTS may exhibit intertwin difference in growth as early as 11-14 weeks of gestation. The earlier the discordance the earlier the development of the disease.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Paris-Ouest medical school, UVSQ, CHI Poissy-Saint Germain en Laye, France
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Nari G, Moreno E, Nassar M, Mana R, López Vinuesa F, Prenna J. [Congenital dilatation of extrahepatic bile ducts]. Acta Gastroenterol Latinoam 1998; 28:33-35. [PMID: 9607072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The authors present 3 cases of congenital dilatation of extrahepatic bile ducts and performed a review of the bibliography of this frequent pathology. They concluded that the diagnosis could be difficult in the pre-operatory and the cholangeographic methods are the beds. The treatment of choice in the actuality is the ++quistectomy with hepaticojejunostomy in "Y of Roux".
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- G Nari
- Servicio de Cirugía III del Hospital San Roque, Córdoba, República Argentina
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Wyllie DJ, Béhé P, Nassar M, Schoepfer R, Colquhoun D. Single-channel currents from recombinant NMDA NR1a/NR2D receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Proc Biol Sci 1996; 263:1079-86. [PMID: 8805841 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1996.0159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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We have investigated the single-channel and whole-cell behaviour of recombinant N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors formed from NR1a and NR2D receptor subunits expressed in Xenopus oocytes. The EC50 for apparent steady-state activation of NR1a/NR2D receptors by glutamate was 450 nM, while extracellular MG2+ produced a voltage-dependent block of glutamate responses with an IC50 of 440 microM at -70 mV. At negative holding potentials glutamate-activated NR1a/NR2D single-channel currents, in 0.85 mM external Ca2+, had slope conductances of 35 pS for the main level, and 17 pS for the sublevel; direct transitions occurred between these two conductance levels. On average 35 pS events had mean open times of 1.01 +/- 0.04 ms, whereas the mean open times of 17 pS events were consistently longer (1.28 +/- 0.06 ms). In 5 mM external Ca2+ the larger conductance level was reduced to 20 pS whereas in Ca(2+)-free solutions it was increased to 50 pS. The frequency of transitions between the main and subconductance levels showed temporal asymmetry: 35-17 pS transitions were more frequent (61%) than 17-35 pS transitions. This asymmetry was not affected by alterations in the external Ca2+ concentration (up to 5 mM). In conclusion, the NR1a/NR2D channel is, like NR1a/NR2C, a 'low conductance' NMDA channel, but it can be distinguished from NR1a/NR2C channels on the basis of transition asymmetry and differences in the open times of its main and sub-conductance levels.
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- D J Wyllie
- Department of Pharmacology, University College London, U.K
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