Hippokratia
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Although cardiopulmonary exercise (CPX) test is an essential tool for the assessment of functional capacity in athletes, limited information exists regarding the cardiorespiratory efficiency in young elite volleyball players. The main objective of the present study was to determine the maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) and ventilatory anaerobic threshold (VT) during the CPX test in young male and female volleyball players. Moreover, to describe the behavior of the novel cardiorespiratory optimal point (COP) index and to assess its association with VO2max and VT. ⋯ The novel submaximal cardiorespiratory index of COP does not seem to be associated with the traditional aerobic capacity indices in athletes such as VO2max and VT. Thus, it probably constitutes a separate parameter that needs to be further evaluated regarding its significance both in clinical evaluation and sports performance assessment of athletes. HIPPOKRATIA 2019, 23(2): 70-74.
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Case Reports
Percutaneous coronary intervention for distal coronary graft anastomosis le-sions: a case series.
Management of coronary artery graft failure, especially at the site of a recent distal anastomosis, is a challenging clinical situation, and literature data are scarce. ⋯ Percutaneous coronary intervention at distal graft anastomotic lesions is challenging, it can be performed from either the graft or the native vessel, and the angiographic result may not always be optimal. HIPPOKRATIA 2019, 23(2): 87-91.
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Atherosclerosis of the large arteries of the neck could be related to the cognitive and motor deficit. We investigated if the atherosclerosis of common carotid and femoral arteries in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) is directly linked with a disability and has an inverse relationship with cognitive performance. ⋯ Our results suggest that the degree of atherosclerosis, as calculated by the ATHUS score, is directly related to low cognitive score and higher sensory and motor disability. HIPPOKRATIA 2019, 23(2): 81-86.
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Autophagy is an inducible intracellular process that has been studied mostly in cancer and less in inflammatory diseases. To establish the relation between cholecystitis (calculous and acalculous) and autophagy, we studied the expressions of immunohistochemical markers Beclin-1, LC3A, and Ki-67 in gallbladder epithelium and their significance in the induction of autophagy. ⋯ In the epithelium of calculous cholecystitis, overexpression of LC3A is related to Beclin-1 overexpression, which reinforces the view that Beclin-1 promotes autophagy in stone cholecystitis. HIPPOKRATIA 2019, 23(2): 64-69.