Significance of First Thyroglobulin Level at the Time of Remnant Ablation in Predicting Clinical Course in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma

WOS: 000326456200003Objectives: To review the significance of first thyroglobulin (Tg) values at the time of remnant ablation, in assessing the clinical course in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) Design: Retrospective study Setting: Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Turkey Subjects: A total of 474 patients with DTC excluding those with positive thyroglobulin auto-antibodies and extra-cervical metastases Intervention: Thyroidectomy followed by radioiodine ablation Main outcome measures: Thyroglobulin, remission rate and clinical course Results: The initial Tg levels at the time of ablation were classified as 30 ng/ml (Group 4). The distribution of the patients was; Group 1: 216 (45.5%), Group 2: 126 (26.5%), Group 3: 81 (17.1%), Group 4: 51 (10.7%). Clinical outcome was categorized as: 1) complete remission, 2) Tg (+ve) and whole body iodine scan (-ve) and 3) cervical metastases. The highest remission rate (99.1 - 92.6 %) was achieved in groups 1, 2 and 3. The clinical course was found to be significantly related with the first Tg levels (Chi-Square test, chi(2), df = 6 p = 0.0001). The PPV and NPV of serum Tg > 30 ng/ml and 30 ng/ml

Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Complicating Inferior Myocardial Infarction: A Case Report

Acquired pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle is a very rare disorder and mostly occurs after large transmural myocardial infarction (MI) with peak creatine phosphokinase-MB levels greater than 150 IU/mL. Patients developing left ventricular (LV) pseudoaneurysm usually present with angina or heart failure symptoms. Although different imaging modalities exist, coronary angiography is the gold standard for diagnosis. Surgery is the treatment of choice for LV pseudoaneurysms detected in the first months after MI. Here we report the case of a 74-year-old woman who presented with a relatively small inferior MI due to right coronary artery occlusion and complicated by LV pseudoaneurysm

Evaluation of Graft Patency After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting by Using Stress Echocardiography Combined With Strain Imaging

29th Turkish Cardiology Congress of the Turkish-Society-of-Cardiology (TSC) with International Participation -- OCT 26-29, 2013 -- Antalya, TURKEYWOS: 000329858400113…Turkish Soc Cardio

Plasma free fatty acids in hyperemesis gravidarum pregnancy

We evaluated the free fatty acids differences in plasma between hyperemesis gravidarum(HG) and healthy pregnant in first trimester pregnancy