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Journal of Clinical Medicine, Volume 12, Issue 3

February-1 2023 - 513 articles

Cover Story: Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is increasingly important for the treatment of the ever-increasing number of patients with atrial fibrillation. Therefore, continuous improvement of the PVI workflow is urgently needed. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of omitting pulmonary vein (PV) angiography before ablation on the safety and efficacy of PVI. For this purpose, patients who received PVI with PV angiography were compared with patients who received PVI without PV angiography. Apart from the fact that the fluoroscopy dose and the amount of contrast agent were significantly reduced when PV angiography was omitted, there were no differences between the groups. Thus, it can be useful to avoid PV angiography especially in young patients and those with chronic kidney disease. View this paper
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Articles (513)

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,677 Views
12 Pages

Daytime Variation of Chloral Hydrate-Associated Sedation Outcomes: A Propensity-Matched Cohort Study

  • Yu Cui,
  • Langtao Guo,
  • Li Xu,
  • Qixia Mu,
  • Qunying Wu,
  • Lu Kang,
  • Qin Chen,
  • Yani He and
  • Hong Liu

3 February 2023

Background: Physiological processes influencing a drugs’ efficacy change substantially over the course of the day. However, it is unclear whether there is an association between the sedative success rate of chloral hydrate and the time of day....

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,293 Views
15 Pages

The Relationship between Social Support and Anxiety Symptoms in Informal Carers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  • Emilia Priego-Cubero,
  • Vasiliki Orgeta,
  • Catalina López-Martínez and
  • Rafael del-Pino-Casado

3 February 2023

Background: Providing care can be challenging for informal carers and increases the risk of mental health problems, such as experiencing clinical symptoms of anxiety. While strengthening social support for informal carers is a common recommendation t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
20,741 Views
21 Pages

Post-Inflammatory Hypopigmentation: Review of the Etiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Treatment Options

  • Medha Rao,
  • Katherine Young,
  • Ladonya Jackson-Cowan,
  • Arianne Kourosh and
  • Nicholas Theodosakis

3 February 2023

Post-inflammatory hypopigmentation is a common acquired pigmentary disorder that is more prominent in skin of color, leading to great cosmetic and psychosocial implications. Often, a diagnosis with a pigmentary disorder can negatively impact an indiv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,050 Views
11 Pages

Relationships between 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity in Children: An Observational Study

  • Cristian Locci,
  • Antonella Ruiu,
  • Laura Saderi,
  • Giovanni Sotgiu,
  • Stefania Bassu,
  • Marco Zaffanello and
  • Roberto Antonucci

3 February 2023

The prevalence of hypovitaminosis D is increasing worldwide. Vitamin D deficiency is supposed to play a role in sleep disturbances, but the complex relationships between hypovitaminosis D and pediatric obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) are stil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,148 Views
17 Pages

Planned Extracorporeal Life Support Employment during Liver Transplantation: The Potential of ECMO and CRRT as Preventive Therapies—Case Reports and Literature Review

  • Cristiana Laici,
  • Amedeo Bianchini,
  • Noemi Miglionico,
  • Niccolò Bambagiotti,
  • Giovanni Vitale,
  • Guido Fallani,
  • Matteo Ravaioli and
  • Antonio Siniscalchi

3 February 2023

Liver Transplantation (LT) has become the gold standard treatment for End-Stage Liver Disease (ESLD). One of the main strategies to manage life-threatening complications, such as cardio-respiratory failure, is Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECM...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,982 Views
6 Pages

Does Post-COVID-19 Erectile Dysfunction Improve over Time?

  • Alper Gök,
  • Mehmet Altan,
  • Ahmet Emin Doğan,
  • Aşır Eraslan,
  • Fahrettin Şamil Uysal,
  • Ufuk Öztürk,
  • Ardan Muammer Saguner and
  • Muhammet Abdurrahim İmamoğlu

3 February 2023

Background: Some studies have shown that there may be an increase in the frequency of erectile dysfunction after COVID-19. However, no long-term study has investigated whether this is permanent or temporary. In this study, we aimed to examine whether...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,113 Views
11 Pages

Mild Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome and Cholestasis in Pediatric and Adult Patients with Fontan Circulation

  • Katharina Meinel,
  • Felicitas Korak,
  • Martin Dusleag,
  • Tanja Strini,
  • Daniela Baumgartner,
  • Ante Burmas,
  • Hannes Sallmon,
  • Barbara Zieger,
  • Axel Schlagenhauf and
  • Martin Koestenberger

3 February 2023

Background: Hemodynamic alterations in Fontan patients (FP) are associated with hemostatic dysbalance and Fontan-associated liver disease. Studies of other hepatopathologies indicate an interplay between cholestasis, tissue factor (TF), and von Wille...

  • Review
  • Open Access
45 Citations
9,098 Views
18 Pages

Stent Thrombosis and Restenosis with Contemporary Drug-Eluting Stents: Predictors and Current Evidence

  • Francesco Condello,
  • Carmen Spaccarotella,
  • Sabato Sorrentino,
  • Ciro Indolfi,
  • Giulio G. Stefanini and
  • Alberto Polimeni

3 February 2023

Iterations in stent technologies, advances in pharmacotherapy, and awareness of the implications of implantation techniques have markedly reduced the risk of stent failure, both in the form of stent thrombosis (ST) and in-stent restenosis (ISR). Howe...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
9,498 Views
16 Pages

Current Therapeutic Strategies for Patients with Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma: Oncologic and Functional Outcomes

  • Alexandre Bozec,
  • Gilles Poissonnet,
  • Olivier Dassonville and
  • Dorian Culié

3 February 2023

Hypopharyngeal cancer is usually diagnosed at an advanced stage and is associated with a high risk of recurrence and poor survival rates. Although they differ greatly in terms of prognosis, hypopharyngeal cancers are usually treated together with lar...

  • Essay
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,334 Views
11 Pages

3 February 2023

Background: Data on the outcomes of restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) are limited, when the condition is complicated with arrhythmia. This study was designed to investigate the prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF), ventricular tachycardia (VT) and b...

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