Christian Saleh’s research while affiliated with University of Basel and other places

... We thank the authors for their interest in our study [1,2]. This study investigated the effect of 265 weeks of therapy with the IL-6 receptor blocker tocilizumab (TCZ) on cardiovascular risk factors and potential association with atherosclerosis in patients with RA. ...

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Reply to Saleh, C.; Budincevic, H. Interleukin-6, Tocilizumab and Atherosclerosis. Comment on “Gerasimova et al. Interleukin-6: Cardiovascular Aspects of Long-Term Cytokine Suppression in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 12425”

... A single-location measurement may coincide with a normal segment of a still atherosclerotic altered vessel, therefore multi-site measurements are recommended by some of the pioneers in the field [3,6]. A further crucial methodological and universally recommended aspect was ignored (unfortunately seen in many studies [7,8]), namely, cardiac synchronization [9,10]. Therefore, it remains unclear, which measurements in the Palupi-Baroto et al. study [1] were made in systole (lower CIMT values) and which measures in diastole (higher CIMT values); that leads to the inevitable situation that for the very same patient CIMT measurements were potentially made in two distinct cardiac phases, e.g. ...

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Carotid intima-media thickness, fibroblast growth factor 23, and mineral bone disorder in children with chronic kidney disease. Knowing the limitations of the applied methodology for a better understanding of the clinical results

... We thank Saleh et al. 1 for their interest in and constructive and critical comments on our recent study 2 on sarcopenia obesity and atherosclerosis markers in the older patient with diabetes. ...

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Reply to the comments of Saleh et al. on “Coexistence of high visceral fat area and sarcopenia and atherosclerotic markers in old‐old patients with diabetes: Is there an association?”

... The authors of this letter have recently published a meta-analysis on the potential relationship between depression and cIMT and found a significantly increased cIMT in patients with depression, compared with controls and importantly underlined a possible bidirectional link between atherosclerosis and depression [11]. ...

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Response to the paper by Carranza-Lira S et al. The relationship between carotid intima-media thickness and cognitive function and depression in postmenopausal women. Prz Menopauz 2023; 22: 21-23

... Non-functional muscle-invasive bladder paraganglioma-a case report catecholamine secretion, causing atypical symptoms such as micturition syncope, paroxysmal hypertension, palpitations, tachycardia, and sweating. If not suspected preoperatively, bladder paragangliomas can elicit hypertensive crisis during surgical resection (4). Although these tumors are rare and difficult to distinguish from urothelial carcinoma (UC), early recognition of this tumor preoperatively would allow appropriate preoperative alpha blockade to minimize morbidity (5). ...

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Non-functional muscle-invasive bladder paraganglioma—a case report

... To address this issue, intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) are increasingly being used to support image-guided interventions [11,[15][16][17]. In particular, several mobile CT devices such as the Brainlab Airo [18][19][20] (Brainlab, Munich, Germany) or the ImagingRing [11,[21][22][23](medPhoton, Salzburg, Austria) ideally suited for brachytherapy have already been launched. However, multiple image acquisitions may be required during respective interventions for adequate needle positioning control. ...

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Assessment of needle bending and tracking requirements for optimized needle placement in combined intracavitary/interstitial gynecologic brachytherapy

... A total of 111 studies were screened. After applying the eligibility criteria, 20 meta-analyses and two network meta-analyses were included in this umbrella review (Che et al. 2021;Chung et al. 2024;Fregni et al. 2021;Gao et al. 2022;Gurdiel-Álvarez et al. 2024;Hadoush et al. 2022;Hsu et al. 2021;Jin et al. 2015;Kan et al. 2022;Li et al. 2021Li et al. , 2022Mehta et al. 2015;O'Connell et al. 2018;Pacheco-Barrios, Meng, and Fregni 2020;Saleh et al. 2022;Shen et al. 2020;Uygur-Kucukseymen et al. 2023;Wen et al. 2022;Wu et al. 2023;Jiang et al. 2022;Yu et al. 2020;Zhu et al. 2022). The network meta-analysis was addressed separately. ...

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Evidence‐Based Umbrella Review of Non‐Invasive Neuromodulation in Chronic Neuropathic Pain

... Conversely, most studies reported REM density based on more technically simple semi-quantitative evaluations, such as assigning a score to a range of REMs or counting a number of intervals that contained REMs. These semi-quantitative measures can reveal major pathological changes in REMS intensity [37,38] but lack sensitivity, especially at high intensity levels [39], and thus can obscure normal linear patterns. Consequently, we could identify few studies that reported quantitative data on REMS intensity, and none that reported them over consecutive sleep cycles in parallel with NREMS episode durations. ...

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The Wave Model of Sleep Dynamics and an Invariant Relationship between NonREM and REM Sleep

... 18 In SMART syndrome, this enhancement pattern has been observed on follow-up MRI after radiation therapy and is one of the key imaging features for its diagnosis. 1,2,[19][20][21][22] This pattern of enhancement has also been observed in ischemic, epileptic, inflammatory, and neoplastic processes. 18,23 Through the longitudinal characterization of MRI findings and the description of PET/MRI characteristics, we aimed to improve the understanding of the clinical features of this rare condition and improve diagnostic accuracy, minimizing the need for invasive procedures such as brain biopsy to differentiate SMART syndrome from recurrent neoplasm. ...

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Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Findings in the Diagnosis of Stroke-Like Migraine Attacks after Radiation Therapy (SMART) Syndrome: A Case Report

... The potential for a purely incidental relationship should also be considered in patients with tumor-induced parkinsonian syndrome. Following tumor removal, the postoperative period is crucial for observing any regression of symptoms [6,7]. If no improvement occurs, it would be inappropriate to attribute the condition solely to meningioma-induced parkinsonism, although chronic compression of the basal ganglia may result in residual parkinsonian features [3,8]. ...

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Chronic Cephalalgia-Parkinsonism Complex Revealing a Meningioma in a Young Patient: A Case Report