Published in Urology
To present a combined multiport robotic and open approach for left radical nephrectomy and inferior vena cava thrombectomy (IVCTE) in patients with a primary left renal mass and level II IVC tumor thrombus. A 69-year-old female was diagnosed with an 8.9cm left renal neoplasm with level II IVC thrombus. She was placed in the left-side-up flank posit...
Published in European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging
Incidental detection of left atrial appendage (LAA) filling defects is a common finding on multi-detector computed tomography in aortic stenosis patients under evaluation for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). We aimed to investigate the incidence of LAA filling defects before TAVI and its impact on clinical outcomes. In a prospective ...
The aim of this study was to assess the effects of radiotherapy involving the heart on LV and RV function using modern speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE), and in relation to the radiation dose applied to the LAD. This retrospective, single-centre study included 12 patients after a median of 51 months after irradiation for mediastinal lymphoma,...
This article explains the process in which a president without initial support in the legislative power and without a party could run a stable government with an ample parliamentary support. The president Rafael Correa provoked a shock in the institutional system that altered the balance of power that guaranteed solid parliamentary supports in the ...
The Cabildo magazine has been recognized by various researchers given its repercussion and importance in the 1970s. With a Catholic nationalist imprint, the publication constitutes an important piece of analysis within Argentine religious nationalisms. Analyzed from different political perspectives by multiple researchers, in this paper we specific...
This article analyzes the insertion in social movements and the profile of militants of the Chilean Broad Front at the time of its formation in 2017 using testimonies collected through 26 semi-structured interviews. The testimonies collected from Broad Front militants are contrasted with testimonies from militants of the Chilean Socialist and Commu...
Background: Differences in adverse cardiac remodeling between patients who have bicuspid (BAV) and tricuspid aortic valve (TAV) with severe isolated aortic stenosis (AS) and its prognostic impact after surgical aortic valve replacement remains unclear. We sought to investigate differences in preoperative diastolic and systolic function in patients ...
This research article aims to analyse the evolution of Podemos’ populist message. For this purpose, a content analysis of the electoral manifestos presented by the political party since its foundation in 2014 until the 2019 European elections was carried out. Results suggest that the presence of populist elements in the party’s electoral manifestos...
Economic historiography and, especially, the history of left-wing magazines in their economic dimension, have been partially concerned with the stage of the government of Raúl Alfonsín (1983-1989). In this paper we propose to analyze the socioeconomic vision of the magazine Confrontation of ideas for a new society (hereinafter, Confrontation) and i...
Le rejet radical de l’héritage du XVIIIe siècle par une partie de la gauche est une posture récente, dont la première expression remonte à la fin de la Seconde guerre mondiale. Depuis la Révolution française qui a forgé ses fondements égalitaristes, la gauche socialiste, communiste ou anarchiste a défini son identité par un rapport dialectique à l’...
