To the Editor:Sympathetic paraganglioma in the pericardium is rare,which can be life-threatening.It presents with symptoms,such as refractory hypertension,palpitations,and other hormone-related manifestations.
Background:Erectile dysfunction is a common consequence following radical cystectomy(RC),with inflatable penile prostheses(IPPs)placement considered as the gold standard for refractory cases.Urethral recurrence post-R...
funded by the Tianjin Natural Science Foundation (No. 21JCYBJC01740 and 21JCYBJC01460);the Tianjin Key Medical Discipline (Specialty) Construction Project;the Tianjin Key Medical Discipline (Specialty) Construction Project(TJYXZDXK-029A);Science Foundation of The Tianjin Education Commission (No.2023ZD007)
A 77-year-old female presented with shortness of breath and tightness of chest was admitted.Her past medical history included hypertension and she has been taking nifedipine regularly.Two years before,she was diagnose...
Background:Congenital absence of pericardium(CAP),also known as pericardial agenesis,represents an uncommon cardiac abnormality and mostly incidental finding.It can be subdivided into complete and partial(left or righ...
Background:Patients with inflatable penile prostheses(IPP)may experience erosions after years of use or after indwelling Foley catheter placement.IPP erosions should be managed as an infection with the entire IPP remo...
National Key Research and Development Programs(2020YFC1107802);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32071357);the Sichuan Science and Technology Program(2021YFH0011),Sichuan Province Major Science and Technology Special Projects(2018SZDZX0011),the National 111 project of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities(No.B16033).We would be grateful to the help of VENUS Medtech Inc.(Hangzhou,China)for providing the fresh porcine pericardium.
In the last decade,the number of transcatheter heart valve replacement for severe heart valve disease has increased exponentially.Although the bioprosthetic artificial heart valve(BHV)has similar fluid dynamics perfor...
supported by the Henan medical science and technology research projects(222102310014 and LGHJ20200058)。
Background:To establish a canine model of aortic arch aneurysm that is suitable for research on new devices and techniques applied to the aortic arch.Materials and methods:Fifteen mongrel dogs underwent surgery.The au...
Introduction: Cardiac tumors in children are rare. Most are discovered in children under one year of age. Echocardiography is the basic examination for the screening, it allows their detection from the fetal stage. Ob...
Padua Heart Program(CA.RI.PA.RO.Foundation);LIFELAB Program,Consorzio per la Ricerca Sanitaria-CORIS,Veneto Region,Via Giustiniani,2-Padova;JLGR acknowledges financial support from the Spanish State Research Agency(AEI)through the PID2019-106099RB-C41/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 project;CIBER-BBN is an initiative funded by the VI National R&D&I Plan 2008-2011,Iniciativa Ingenio 2010,Consolider Program.CIBER Actions are financed by the Instituto de Salud CarlosⅢwith assistance from the European Regional Development Fund.
In the field of tissue regeneration,the lack of a stable endothelial lining may affect the hemocompatibility of both synthetic and biological replacements.These drawbacks might be prevented by specific biomaterial fun...
Fund Program for the Scientific Activities of Selected Returned Overseas Professionals in Shanxi Province,No.(2016)97.
BACKGROUND Primitive neuroectodermal tumors(PNETs)are rare,sporadic malignant tumors of the peripheral nervous system,bone,or soft tissues.However,to the best of our knowledge,only three cases of PNET in the pericardi...