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11 ± 18.14) with a median follow-up of 53.00 months were included. Angioid streaks and peau d'orange were observed in 46/48 and 42/48 eyes, while MNV was present in 75.00% of the cohort. The prevalence of non-exudative MNV was 33.33% (6/18). In the 2 eyes that developed exudation, time to conversion was 9.50 ± 4.95 months. No significant difference in visual acuity was found between eyes with non-exudative MNV and those with no signs of MNV.

We have shown that non-exudative MNV is a frequent finding in PXE but the majority of eyes did not develop exudation during follow-up. Our results are a clear evidence of the utility of OCT-A in the management of PXE.

We have shown that non-exudative MNV is a frequent finding in PXE but the majority of eyes did not develop exudation during follow-up. Our results are a clear evidence of the utility of OCT-A in the management of PXE.

To investigate the dependence of the ciliary body length (CBL) on the axial length (AL) and to draw conclusions on implications regarding safe pars plana access for intravitreal injections and vitreoretinal surgery.

A total of 200 individuals (mean age 42years, SD ± 15.4) were enrolled in the study. Objective refraction and AL were obtained. Spherical equivalent (SE) was calculated. Anterior segment optical coherence tomography (ASOCT) was used to image and measure the CBL.

The mean SE was - 1.64diopters (SD ± 3.15, range - 14.5 to + 9 diopters) and the mean AL was 24.19mm (SD ± 1.65, range 19.8-32.2mm). There was a significant correlation between SE and AL (r

 = 0.62, p < 0.0001). Mean CBL correlated significantly with age (r

 = 0.11, p < 0.0001), AL (r

 = 0.23, p < 0.0001) and SE (r

 = 0.25, p < 0.0001). The mean CBL was 3351μm (SD ± 459, range 2184-4451μm). Three separate groups were defined by their AL with a normal AL group (AL 22.5 to 25mm), a short AL group (AL < 22.5mm) and a 91, 27 Nov 2007.

NCT00564291, 27 Nov 2007.Chloromethylisothiazolinone (CMIT) and methylisothiazolinone (MIT) are biocidal preservatives and the active ingredients in Kathon CG, which contains ca. 1.5% mixture of CMIT and MIT at a ratio of 31 (CMIT/MIT). Selleck Nintedanib CMIT/MIT was misused as humidifier disinfectant products, which caused serious health problems in Korea. Here, the vascular effects of CMIT/MIT were investigated to evaluate claims of putative cardiovascular toxicity observed in humidifier disinfectant users. CMIT/MIT did not affect the basal tension of the rat thoracic aorta up to 2.5 μg/mL in myograph experiments. Instead, pretreatment with CMIT/MIT impaired phenylephrine- or 5-hydroxytryptamine-induced vasoconstriction in a range of 0.5-2.5 μg/mL, which was largely irreversible and not recovered by washing out the CMIT/MIT. Similarly, the application of CMIT/MIT to pre-contracted aorta caused a gradual loss of tension. In primary cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), CMIT/MIT caused thiol depletion, which in turn led to cytosolic Zn2+ elevation and reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation. CMIT/MIT-induced shrinkage, detachment, and lysis of VSMCs depending on the concentration and the treatment time. All events induced by CMIT/MIT were prevented by a thiol donor N-acetylcysteine (NAC). Cytolysis could be inhibited by a Zn2+ chelator TPEN and a superoxide scavenger TEMPOL, whereas they did not affect shrinkage and detachment. In accordance with these results, CMIT/MIT-exposed aortas exhibited dissociation and collapse of tissue in histology analysis. Taken together, CMIT/MIT causes functional impairment and tissue damage to blood vessels by depleting thiol and thereby elevating cytosolic Zn2+ and generating ROS. Therefore, exposure to CMIT/MIT in consumer products may be a risk factor for cardiovascular disorders.

Delayed arterial hemorrhageafter pancreaticoduodenectomy is a life-threatening complication. There are no reports about infected aneurysms of the superior mesenteric artery after pancreaticoduodenectomy without clinically relevant pancreatic fistula.

A 78-year-old woman with borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma involving the superior mesenteric arterial nerve plexus underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy with en bloc resection of the superior mesenteric vein and the superior mesenteric arterial nerve plexus after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. On postoperative day 14, she had bacteremia and sudden fever with chills. During the postoperative course, macroscopic abscesses or distinct infectious signs, including pancreatic fistula or bile fistula, were not present, but pylephlebitis was observed. After the antimicrobialtreatment course, the patient wasdischarged. After 17days, she was hospitalized for melena. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed a ruptured aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery into the small intestine without a major intraabdominal abscess. E.coli was isolated from blood cultures. The patient was diagnosed with a ruptured infected aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery. She was treated successfully with a covered stentby the cardiology team. There was no recurrence of bleeding at the4-month follow-up, and the stent was patent in all subsequent computed tomography scans.

Endovascular repair using a covered stent was effective in palliating acute bleeding from an infected aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery.

Endovascular repair using a covered stent was effective in palliating acute bleeding from an infected aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery.

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a molecular imaging technique that can be used to investigate the in vivo pharmacology of drugs. Initial preclinical evaluation of PET tracers is often conducted in rodents due to the accessibility of disease models as well as economic considerations. Compared to larger species, rodents display a higher expression and/or activity of efflux transporters such as the P-glycoprotein (P-gp). Low brain uptake could, therefore, be species-specific and uptake in rodents not be predictive for that in humans. We hypothesized that a better prediction from rodent data could be achieved when a tracer is evaluated under P-gp inhibition. Consequently, we compared the performance of eight neuroreceptor tracers in rats with and without P-gp inhibition including a specific binding blockade. This data set was then used to predict the binding of these eight tracers in pigs.

PET tracers targeting serotonin 5-HT

receptors ([

F]MH.MZ, [

F]Altanserin, [

C]Cimbi-36, [

C]Pimavanserin), serotonin 5-HT

receptors ([

C]Cimbi-701, [

C]Cimbi-717 and [

C]BA-10) and dopamine D

receptors ([

F]Fallypride) were used in the study.