Specialities

Cardiology

Clinical Neuroscience

MAY 30, 2024

Fibrinogen to albumin ratio’s prognostic value in ischemic stroke patients who underwent mechanical thrombectomy

DERYA OZDOGRU, ONUR Kadir UYSAL, MIRAY ERDEM, ELIF Banu SOKER, ILKER OZTURK, AKKAN AVCI, ZULFIKAR ARLIER

Fibrinogen to albumin ratio (FAR) is thought to have a predictive effect in diseases such as cancer and myocardial infarction. We aimed to eluci­ date the prognostic value of FAR in ischemic stroke patients who underwent mechanical thrombectomy. A total of 103 patients hospita­ lized for acute stroke who underwent me­ chanical thrombectomy within 6 hours of symptoms’ outset have been analyzed retro­ spectively. Stroke severity was interpreted via the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score during the neurological examination

Clinical Neuroscience

MAY 30, 2024

A comparison of quantitative parameters of axial posture and spinal mobility between motor subtypes of Parkinson’s disease

RIZA SONKAYA, MUSTAFA Ertuğrul YAŞA, BUSE KORKMAZ, BETÜL KUZ, ZEYNEP Zeliha SONKAYA, BILGIN ÖZTÜRK, ÖMER KARADAŞ

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorder characterized by contradictory clinical outcomes among its several subtypes. The disease can manifest with a tremor-dominant (TD) or a non-tremor-dominant (NTD) phenotype. Although the TD subtype may show a better prognosis, there is limited information on the phenotypic differences regarding the level of axial symptoms. For this reason, in this study it was aimed to make a quantitative comparison of axial posture and spinal mobility between PD with TD and NTD.

Clinical Neuroscience

MAY 30, 2024

Angiographic classification of chronic subdural hematoma

KUPKA Michael Josef , THURNER Patrick , SCHUBERT Tilman , HAINC Nicolin , GERMANS Robbert Menno , KULCSÁR Zsolt

Chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH) is a challenging pathology with high recurrence rate after surgical treatment and may seriously affect the patient’s quality of life. Membrane formation with angiogenesis plays an important role in the evolution of the disease, providing a promising target for endovascular therapy. Our goal is to categorize angiographic patterns of chronic subdural hematoma for standardized reporting purposes.

Hypertension and nephrology

APRIL 30, 2024

[Effect of rilmenidine therapy on heart rate- and blood pressure variability as well as baroreceptor sensitivity]

FINTA Ervin

[The sympathetic nervous system plays an important and widely investigated role in the pathogenesis of the hypertension and its concomitant diseases.]

Hypertension and nephrology

APRIL 30, 2024

[Analysis of the antihypertensive effect of the antihypertensive rilmenidine]

FARSANG Csaba, LENGYEL Mária, BORBÁS Sarolta, ZORÁNDI Ágnes, DIENES Szórádi Bernadett

[The most recent national (MHT 2018) and the latest European guidelines (ESH 2023) (1, 2), diuretics, the calcium antagonists, ACE inhibitors, ARBs, α1-adren- noceptor blockers and ß-blockers, the so-called "centrally acting" imidazoline (I)-1 receptor agonists were also mentioned.]

Hypertension and nephrology

APRIL 30, 2024

[More ramblings in the plethora called primary aldosteronism]

BAJNOK László

[The issue of primary (hyper)aldosteronism (PA) is fraught with many contradictions, attempts to identify it are important but undeservedly rare. The recently introduced histological method with practical benefits indicates a new aspect of the spectrum disease character and a revolutionary study has also been published regarding the functional (radionuclide) imaging of PA.]