evaluate the long-term results of metallic self-expandable stent insertion in patients with malignant stenosis of the biliary tree

relationship between circulating liver enzymes and MetS in a relatively large sample of patients with diabetes

This paper describes the angiographic findings of spontaneous aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) patients, including frequency, anatomic location and multiplicity of cerebral aneurysms

The aim of following study is to compare the sensitivity and specificity of ultrasonography (US) and conventional radiography (CR) compared to MRI for early detection of bone erosion in RA patients

High Resolution sonography of common carotid artery is a safe method for rapid diagnosis of atherosclerosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). The purpose of this study was to compare sonographic findings of subclinical atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis patients and control group and comparing the prevalence of atheromatous plaques and Intima- media thickness in arteries of the groups.

It seems endovascular stent-graft technique for the treatment of thoracic aorta aneurysm may present a good treatment choice with a low risk and less invasive approach.

The authors reported a patient with unilateral blindness of the left eye after trauma. Apart from paralysis of the 4th cranial nerve and mild optic nerve edema, there was no structural problem during the ophthalmologic examination. Brain CT scan, CT angiography and MRI demonstrated aneurysm in the left pericavernous region. The patient underwent angiography for coiling of the aneurysm, which detected large carotid cavernous fistula (CCF) mainly draining into the petrous sinus. Therapeutic embolization was performed with balloon and the CCF vanished completely. The most important points of this case are the blindness without exophthalmia as the only presentation of CCF which has not been reported as the only symptom and failure of CT-angiography and MRI evaluation for the diagnosis of CCF

Among all cardiovascular risk factors, it seems that serum HDL, smoking, left main coronary stenosis and hypertension could be associated with significant carotid artery stenosis in CABG candidates

multi-method analysis of functional connectivity data may be critical to capture the full effect of aging on the health of brain networks

Hydrogen peroxide-enhanced EUS is a suitable method for detecting the internal orifice of anal fistulas. It can be used for detecting trans-sphincteric fistulas, which are the most common type