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  1. Article ; Online: Impact of prosthesis oversizing on clinical outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve implantation using a self-expandable Evolut R valve.

    Elnwagy, Mohammed Moustafa / Baraka, Mahmoud Mohamed Ali / Hafez, Mohamed Saber / Kamal, Diaa / El-Sayed, Maiy Hamdy / Mostafa, Ahmad E

    The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology

    2024  Volume 76, Issue 1, Page(s) 20

    Abstract: ... patients who underwent TAVI using the self-expandable valve Evolut R were initially included. 66 patients ... Conclusion: Prosthesis oversizing by 20% using the self-expandable Evolut R valve is safe and effective ...

    Abstract Background: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) has a growing target population after being indicated even in low-surgical-risk patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis. However, postoperative outcomes can be compromised due to para-valvular leakage (PVL). A lot of procedural steps have been investigated to decrease this partially avoidable operational hazard. Oversizing is a main technique to decrease the PVL, despite being itself a risky step. Many studies have been conducted to identify the optimum degree of oversizing. However, studies about oversizing by more than 20% are scarce. We aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of oversizing equal to or more than 20%.
    Results: 209 patients who underwent TAVI using the self-expandable valve Evolut R were initially included. 66 patients were excluded because of the baseline conduction disturbance and lack of sufficient data, so 143 patients, 60 females and 83 males, were enrolled in our study as two groups based on the degree of oversizing: Group A included 97 patients with an oversizing index (OI) of less than 20%, and Group B included 46 patients with an OI of 20% or more. We conducted a new technique for more accurate measuring of the OI in the context of the implantation depth, and our patients were categorized using this technique. Our findings have met our primary end point in terms of the safety and efficacy of oversizing by 20% or more. There was no significant difference between both groups in terms of new-onset conduction disturbance (NOCD), with zero cases of annular rupture or coronary encroachment. In terms of efficacy, The incidence of significant PVL (grade 2 or more) in group B was less than in group A (P value 0.007). The ROC curve found that the minimum depth of implantation-derived oversizing (DIDO) to predict no significant PVL was less than 17%.
    Conclusion: Prosthesis oversizing by 20% using the self-expandable Evolut R valve is safe and effective, with no significant effect on the conduction system, coronary encroachment, or annular injury, and warrants a greater reduction in the incidence of significant PVL.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-12
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2090-911X
    ISSN (online) 2090-911X
    DOI 10.1186/s43044-024-00450-0
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  2. Article: The Impact of R-801 Nanoparticles as a Long Acting Topical Glaucoma Therapy.

    Ibrahim, Mohamed Moustafa / Jablonski, Monica M

    Journal of biomedical nanotechnology

    2019  Volume 15, Issue 9, Page(s) 1968–1981

    Abstract: ... we strive to develop a long acting, once daily, nanoparticle (NP)-based, ocular formulation loaded with R ...

    Abstract Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) is the most common glaucoma type worldwide. The most significant risk factor of this type of glaucoma is the increased intraocular pressure (IOP) that may result in optic nerve damage and gradual but complete loss of vision. Reduction of IOP is the most important measure that should be taken into consideration during selection of glaucoma therapy. Several IOP-lowering medications are available in the drug market. Unfortunately, most of them associated with severe local and/or systemic adverse effects, short duration of action and poor patient compliance. In the current research we strive to develop a long acting, once daily, nanoparticle (NP)-based, ocular formulation loaded with R-801 (a newly discovered drug). Our NPs were prepared from carefully selected bioadhesive and biocompatible materials using double emulsification solvent diffusion method. This method of preparation was selected to obtain the highest encapsulation efficiency for our water-soluble drug and the smallest particle size for our NPs. Also, the NPs were incorporated in biocompatible and bioadhesive vehicles to achieve the required safety, biocompatibility and prolonged corneal contact time. Our formulations were subjected to various
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Glaucoma ; Glaucoma, Open-Angle ; Humans ; Intraocular Pressure ; Nanoparticles ; Particle Size
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-08-06
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1550-7033
    ISSN 1550-7033
    DOI 10.1166/jbn.2019.2817
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  3. Article: First report about pharmaceutical properties and phytochemicals analysis of Rosa abyssinica R. Br. ex Lindl. (Rosaceae).

    Moustafa, Mahmoud Fawzy / Alrumman, Sulaiman Abdullah

    Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical sciences

    2015  Volume 28, Issue 6, Page(s) 2009–2017

    Abstract: In vitro antimicrobial efficacy of seven solvent extracts from leaves and hips of Saudi Arabian weed Rosa abyssinica against a variety of human pathogenic bacteria and Candida species have been evaluated using well diffusion methods. Phytochemicals ... ...

    Abstract In vitro antimicrobial efficacy of seven solvent extracts from leaves and hips of Saudi Arabian weed Rosa abyssinica against a variety of human pathogenic bacteria and Candida species have been evaluated using well diffusion methods. Phytochemicals present in the leaves and hips of Rosa abyssinica has been characterized using Gas Chromatogram Mass spectrometry analysis. The extracts comparative efficacy against tested microbes gained from the fresh and dry leaves exhibited more prominent activity than fresh and dry hips. The methanol, chloroform, petroleum ether, acetone and diethyl ether extracts have a greater lethal effect on pathogenic microbes than hot water extracts, while cold-water extracts showed no activity. Twenty-four phytochemicals have been characterized from ethanol extract of the leaves of Rosa abyssinica and fifteen from hips by GC-MS. The major compounds detected in the leaves were squalene (38.21%), ethane, 1,1-diethoxy- (9.65%), β-D-glucopyranose, 1,6-anhydro- (8.55%), furfural (5.50%) and 2-furancarboxaldehyde 5-(hydroxymethyl)- (5.19%). The major compounds in the hips were 2-furancarboxaldehyde 5-(hydroxymethyl)- (51.27%), β-D-glucopyranose, 1,6-anhydro- (8.18%), 4H-pyran-4-one, 2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl- (7.42%), 2,5-furandione, dihydro-3-methylene- (6.79%) and furfural (5.99%). Current findings indicate that extract from leaves and hips of Rosa abyssinica and the bioactive components present could be used as pharmaceutical agents.
    MeSH term(s) Anti-Bacterial Agents/isolation & purification ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology ; Antifungal Agents/isolation & purification ; Antifungal Agents/pharmacology ; Bacteria/drug effects ; Bacteria/growth & development ; Candida/drug effects ; Candida/growth & development ; Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests ; Fruit ; Phytochemicals/isolation & purification ; Phytochemicals/pharmacology ; Phytotherapy ; Plant Extracts/isolation & purification ; Plant Extracts/pharmacology ; Plant Leaves ; Plants, Medicinal ; Rosa/chemistry ; Solvents/chemistry
    Chemical Substances Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Antifungal Agents ; Phytochemicals ; Plant Extracts ; Solvents
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-11
    Publishing country Pakistan
    Document type Comparative Study ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 885131-1
    ISSN 1011-601X
    ISSN 1011-601X
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  4. Article ; Online: Human cervical carcinomas and EGF-R tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

    Al Moustafa, Ala-Eddin

    Gynecologic oncology

    2008  Volume 109, Issue 2, Page(s) 308

    MeSH term(s) Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/drug therapy ; Clinical Trials, Phase II as Topic ; Enzyme Inhibitors/therapeutic use ; Female ; Humans ; Quinazolines/therapeutic use ; Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor/antagonists & inhibitors ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/drug therapy
    Chemical Substances Enzyme Inhibitors ; Quinazolines ; Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor (EC 2.7.10.1) ; gefitinib (S65743JHBS)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2008-05
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Comment ; Letter
    ZDB-ID 801461-9
    ISSN 1095-6859 ; 0090-8258
    ISSN (online) 1095-6859
    ISSN 0090-8258
    DOI 10.1016/j.ygyno.2008.01.026
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  5. Article ; Online: Spinal actions of lipoxin A4 and 17(R)-resolvin D1 attenuate inflammation-induced mechanical hypersensitivity and spinal TNF release.

    Abdelmoaty, Sally / Wigerblad, Gustaf / Bas, Duygu B / Codeluppi, Simone / Fernandez-Zafra, Teresa / El-Awady, El-Sayed / Moustafa, Yasser / Abdelhamid, Alaa El-Din S / Brodin, Ernst / Svensson, Camilla I

    PloS one

    2013  Volume 8, Issue 9, Page(s) e75543

    Abstract: ... administration of lipoxin A4 (LXA4) or 17 (R)-resolvin D1 (17(R)-RvD1) attenuates mechanical hypersensitivity ... after LXA4 or 17(R)-RvD1 administration, and the ability of these lipid metabolites to prevent stimuli ... injection of LXA4 and17(R)-RvD1 attenuated inflammation-induced mechanical hypersensitivity without reducing ...

    Abstract Lipoxins and resolvins have anti-inflammatory and pro-resolving actions and accumulating evidence indicates that these lipid mediators also attenuate pain-like behavior in a number of experimental models of inflammation and tissue injury-induced pain. The present study was undertaken to assess if spinal administration of lipoxin A4 (LXA4) or 17 (R)-resolvin D1 (17(R)-RvD1) attenuates mechanical hypersensitivity in the carrageenan model of peripheral inflammation in the rat. Given the emerging role of spinal cytokines in the generation and maintenance of inflammatory pain we measured cytokine levels in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) after LXA4 or 17(R)-RvD1 administration, and the ability of these lipid metabolites to prevent stimuli-induced release of cytokines from cultured primary spinal astrocytes. We found that intrathecal bolus injection of LXA4 and17(R)-RvD1 attenuated inflammation-induced mechanical hypersensitivity without reducing the local inflammation. Furthermore, both LXA4 and 17(R)-RvD1 reduced carrageenan-induced tumor necrosis factor (TNF) release in the CSF, while only 17(R)-RvD1attenuated LPS and IFN-γ-induced TNF release in astrocyte cell culture. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that lipoxins and resolvins potently suppress inflammation-induced mechanical hypersensitivity, possibly by attenuating cytokine release from spinal astrocytes. The inhibitory effect of lipoxins and resolvins on spinal nociceptive processing puts them in an intriguing position in the search for novel pain therapeutics.
    MeSH term(s) Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/metabolism ; Animals ; Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology ; Astrocytes/drug effects ; Astrocytes/metabolism ; Cells, Cultured ; Cytokines/metabolism ; Docosahexaenoic Acids/pharmacology ; Edema/drug therapy ; Edema/metabolism ; Humans ; Hypersensitivity/drug therapy ; Hypersensitivity/metabolism ; Inflammation/drug therapy ; Inflammation/metabolism ; Interferon-gamma/metabolism ; Lipoxins/pharmacology ; Male ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Receptors, Lipoxin/metabolism ; Spinal Cord/drug effects ; Spinal Cord/metabolism ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing ; Anti-Inflammatory Agents ; Cytokines ; Lipoxins ; Receptors, Lipoxin ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ; lipoxin A4 ; resolvin D1 ; Docosahexaenoic Acids (25167-62-8) ; Interferon-gamma (82115-62-6) ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases (EC 2.7.11.24)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-09-24
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2267670-3
    ISSN 1932-6203 ; 1932-6203
    ISSN (online) 1932-6203
    ISSN 1932-6203
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0075543
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  6. Article ; Online: Spinal actions of lipoxin A4 and 17(R)-resolvin D1 attenuate inflammation-induced mechanical hypersensitivity and spinal TNF release.

    Sally Abdelmoaty / Gustaf Wigerblad / Duygu B Bas / Simone Codeluppi / Teresa Fernandez-Zafra / El-Sayed El-Awady / Yasser Moustafa / Alaa El-Din S Abdelhamid / Ernst Brodin / Camilla I Svensson

    PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 9, p e

    2013  Volume 75543

    Abstract: ... administration of lipoxin A4 (LXA4) or 17 (R)-resolvin D1 (17(R)-RvD1) attenuates mechanical hypersensitivity ... after LXA4 or 17(R)-RvD1 administration, and the ability of these lipid metabolites to prevent stimuli ... injection of LXA4 and17(R)-RvD1 attenuated inflammation-induced mechanical hypersensitivity without reducing ...

    Abstract Lipoxins and resolvins have anti-inflammatory and pro-resolving actions and accumulating evidence indicates that these lipid mediators also attenuate pain-like behavior in a number of experimental models of inflammation and tissue injury-induced pain. The present study was undertaken to assess if spinal administration of lipoxin A4 (LXA4) or 17 (R)-resolvin D1 (17(R)-RvD1) attenuates mechanical hypersensitivity in the carrageenan model of peripheral inflammation in the rat. Given the emerging role of spinal cytokines in the generation and maintenance of inflammatory pain we measured cytokine levels in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) after LXA4 or 17(R)-RvD1 administration, and the ability of these lipid metabolites to prevent stimuli-induced release of cytokines from cultured primary spinal astrocytes. We found that intrathecal bolus injection of LXA4 and17(R)-RvD1 attenuated inflammation-induced mechanical hypersensitivity without reducing the local inflammation. Furthermore, both LXA4 and 17(R)-RvD1 reduced carrageenan-induced tumor necrosis factor (TNF) release in the CSF, while only 17(R)-RvD1attenuated LPS and IFN-γ-induced TNF release in astrocyte cell culture. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that lipoxins and resolvins potently suppress inflammation-induced mechanical hypersensitivity, possibly by attenuating cytokine release from spinal astrocytes. The inhibitory effect of lipoxins and resolvins on spinal nociceptive processing puts them in an intriguing position in the search for novel pain therapeutics.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 571
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
    Document type Article ; Online
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  7. Book ; Online ; E-Book: Mathematical models of cancer and different therapies

    Padmanabhan, Regina / Meskin, Nader / Al Moustafa, Ala-Eddin

    unified framework

    (Series in BioEngineering,)

    2021  

    Abstract: This book provides a unified framework for various currently available mathematical models that are used to analyze progression and regression in cancer development, and to predict its dynamics with respect to therapeutic interventions. Accurate and ... ...

    Author's details Regina Padmanabhan, Nader Meskin, Ala-Eddin Al Moustafa
    Series title Series in BioEngineering,
    Abstract This book provides a unified framework for various currently available mathematical models that are used to analyze progression and regression in cancer development, and to predict its dynamics with respect to therapeutic interventions. Accurate and reliable model representations of cancer dynamics are milestones in the field of cancer research. Mathematical modeling approaches are becoming increasingly common in cancer research, as these quantitative approaches can help to validate hypotheses concerning cancer dynamics and thus elucidate the complexly interlaced mechanisms involved. Even though the related conceptual and technical information is growing at an exponential rate, the application of said information and realization of useful healthcare devices are lagging behind. In order to remedy this discrepancy, more interdisciplinary research works and course curricula need to be introduced in academic, industrial, and clinical organizations alike. To that end, this book reformulates most of the existing mathematical models as special cases of a general model, allowing readers to easily get an overall idea of cancer dynamics and its modeling. Moreover, the book will help bridge the gap between biologists and engineers, as it brings together cancer dynamics, the main steps involved in mathematical modeling, and control strategies developed for cancer management. This also allows readers in both medical and engineering fields to compare and contrast all the therapy-based models developed to date using a single source, and to identify unexplored research directions.
    Keywords Cancer/Mathematical models
    Subject code 616.99400113
    Language English
    Size 1 online resource (XVI, 256 p. 35 illus., 29 illus. in color.)
    Edition 1st ed. 2021.
    Publisher Springer
    Publishing place Gateway East, Singapore
    Document type Book ; Online ; E-Book
    Remark Zugriff für angemeldete ZB MED-Nutzerinnen und -Nutzer
    ISBN 981-15-8640-3 ; 981-15-8639-X ; 978-981-15-8640-8 ; 978-981-15-8639-2
    DOI 10.1007/978-981-15-8640-8
    Database ZB MED Catalogue: Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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  8. Article ; Online: Preparation and characterization of low-cost adsorbents for the efficient removal of malachite green using response surface modeling and reusability studies.

    Moustafa, Mohammed Taha

    Scientific reports

    2023  Volume 13, Issue 1, Page(s) 4493

    Abstract: ... clay corresponded with the Freundlich isotherm, with a correlation coefficient (R ...

    Abstract Malachite green used in textile and dyeing industries is a common persistent pollutant in wastewater and the environment causing major hazards to human health and aquatic organisms. In this study, the response surface methodology was applied to optimize the adsorptive removal of malachite green using nano-bentonite, MgO-impregnated clay, and Mucor sp. composites. The nano materials and Mucor sp. composite were characterized by FTIR, SEM and X-ray diffractometry. According to the obtained results, nano-bentonite exhibits a maximum MG adsorption efficiency of 98.6% at 35 °C, pH 7.0, 60 min contact time, 1.0 g/L adsorbent dosage, and 50 mg/L initial MG concentration. On the other hand, the maximum efficiency for MG adsorption on MgO-impregnated clay of 97.04% is observed at pH 9.0, 60 min contact time, 0.7 g/L adsorbent dosage, and 50 mg/L initial MG concentration. The Malachite green (MG) adsorption isotherm on MgO-impregnated clay corresponded with the Freundlich isotherm, with a correlation coefficient (R
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-18
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2615211-3
    ISSN 2045-2322 ; 2045-2322
    ISSN (online) 2045-2322
    ISSN 2045-2322
    DOI 10.1038/s41598-023-31391-4
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  9. Article ; Online: Rethinking medical appointments

    Khaled Moustafa

    Malaysian Family Physician, Vol 18, p

    2023  Volume 64

    Keywords appointment scheduling ; physician consultation ; patient satisfaction ; healthcare system ; unscheduled consultations ; Medicine ; R
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia
    Document type Article ; Online
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  10. Article: Percentages of the deuterium retained after para-hydroxylation of (R)(+)4-2H-phenytoin and (S)(-) 4-2H-phenytoin in rat.

    Moustafa, M A / el-Emam, A A / Abdelal, A M / Metwally, M E

    Archives of pharmacal research

    1991  Volume 14, Issue 1, Page(s) 35–40

    Abstract: R)(+) and (S)(-) 4-2H-phenytoin have been used as substrates for the determination ... MS analyses, the percentages of deuterium retention were found to be 69% and 70% for the (R) and (S ... in the oxidation of the pro (R) and pro (S) phenyls of phenytoin. The oxidation process of each ring could be ...

    Abstract (R)(+) and (S)(-) 4-2H-phenytoin have been used as substrates for the determination of the percentage of deuterium retention (NIH shift) after para-hydroxylation of the substrates in rat. By using GC-MS analyses, the percentages of deuterium retention were found to be 69% and 70% for the (R) and (S) phenyl rings, respectively. The results add additional evidence for the involvement of arene oxide in the oxidation of the pro (R) and pro (S) phenyls of phenytoin. The oxidation process of each ring could be mediated by independent enzyme systems, a rapid oxidative enzyme for the pro (S) phenyl and a slow oxidative enzyme for the pro (R) phenyl.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Anticonvulsants/pharmacokinetics ; Deuterium ; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry ; Hydroxylation ; Phenytoin/pharmacokinetics ; Rats ; Stereoisomerism
    Chemical Substances Anticonvulsants ; Phenytoin (6158TKW0C5) ; Deuterium (AR09D82C7G)
    Language English
    Publishing date 1991-03
    Publishing country Korea (South)
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 447623-2
    ISSN 1976-3786 ; 0253-6269
    ISSN (online) 1976-3786
    ISSN 0253-6269
    DOI 10.1007/bf02857811
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