Does number of involved extracranial organs predict survival in patients with brain metastasis from small cell lung cancer?
The number of involved extracranial organs is an independent prognostic factor of survival in SCLC patients with brain metastasis.
Despite a very small EOAI, elderly female patients with 19-mm prosthetic aortic valves can experience a satisfactory improvement in symptoms and normalization of LV mass. This finding suggests that small prosthetic aortic valves continue to have an application in contemporary cardiac surgical practice. The current perception of patient-prosthesis mismatch may need to be reconsidered for select populations.