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Ketogenic diet for infantile epileptic spasms

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Approximately half of all cases of Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome (IESS) do not respond to vigabatrin and hormonal therapies. There is no clear consensus as to the second‐line therapy for IESS. Ketogenic diet (KD) has emerged as an effective treatment for certain drug‐resistant epilepsies and in many cases of IESS.
Morris H. Scantlebury, Anamika Choudhary, Andy Cheuk‐Him Ng, Cezar Gavrilovici   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pericardial mesothelioma presenting as chronic constrictive pericarditis. A series of three cases from a single institution

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2018
Pericardial mesotheliomas are rare tumors which often present with features of constrictive pericarditis. We present clinical, imaging, histological, and immunohistochemical findings of three cases presenting with chronic constrictive pericarditis.
Monalisa Hui, K R Harshavardhana, Shantveer G Uppin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Malignant pleural mesothelioma with constrictive pericarditis as the first manifestation: A case report

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Pleural mesothelioma (PM) with pericardial involvement is extremely rare. We now report a rare case of malignant PM with constrictive pericarditis as the first presentation.
Cheng‐Peng He, Di‐Wei Tu, Ting‐Wei Zhang, Qian Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Di Kang, Ying‐Ying Wang, Ying‐Ying Li, Bin Zhang, Sha‐Sha Han, Hong‐Bo Li   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effects of Angiotensin Receptor Neprilysin Inhibitor on Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Doxorubicin‐Mediated Cardiomyopathy‐Associated Heart Failure Model in Rats

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT One of the most serious complications associated with the use of the chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin (DOX) is cardiomyopathy. Although cardioprotective drugs such as angiotensin receptor‐neprilysin inhibitors (ARNI) are used to prevent cardiomyopathy in DOX patients, no studies have reported the relationship between ARNI and endoplasmic ...
Mert Unvan, Meryem İlkay Karagül, Hatice Oruç Demirbağ, Ebru Balli   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Constrictive pericarditis: Haemodynamics in a nutshell

, 2017
A 41-year-old male presented with predominantly right heart failure symptoms due to suspected constrictive pericarditis (CP)
Herbst, P.G., Doubell, A.F., Lubbe, W.
core   +1 more source

Chronic constrictive pericarditis: a rare cardiac involvement in primary Sjögren’s syndrome

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2023
Background Constrictive pericarditis represents a chronic condition and systemic inflammatory diseases are a known, yet uncommon, cause. Pericardial involvement is seldom reported in primary Sjögren’s syndrome, usually occurring in association with ...
Fabiana Duarte, Luís Oliveira, Tomás Fontes, Sância Ramos, Raquel Dourado, Dinis Martins   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnosis of Constrictive Pericarditis [PDF]

Circulation, 1999
To The Editor: The interesting case featured in “Images in Cardiovascular Medicine” in the March 3, 1998, issue of Circulation 1 illustrates how elusive the diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis can be and demonstrates how important it is to perform a comprehensive 2-dimensional/Doppler echocardiographic examination on all patients referred to the ...
R B, McCully, S T, Higano, J K, Oh
openaire   +2 more sources

Old disease, new twist

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract An 81‐year‐old man with a history of high‐grade urothelial carcinoma of the bladder and ureter on treatment with atezolizumab and tiragolumab presented to the emergency department with 5 months of malaise, generalized weakness, and fatigue and 2 weeks of subjective fevers. One month prior to presentation, he received an empiric 9‐day course of
Hadi Roudsari, Gurpreet Dhaliwal, Anand D. Jagannath, Alan H. Baik, Sam Brondfield   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis [PDF]

Case Reports in Cardiology, 2013
Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is a rare clinical entity that can pose diagnostic problems. The diagnosis of CP requires a high degree of clinical suspicion. The gold standard for diagnosis is cardiac catheterization with analysis of intracavitary pressure curves, which are high and, in end diastole, equal in all chambers.
Hossein Doustkami, Afshin Hooshyar, Nasrollah Maleki, Zahra Tavosi, Iraj Feizi   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Subacute pericardial abscess after aortic valve replacement: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Purulent pericarditis is an infectious disease, frequently caused by gram-positive bacteria, that is rarely observed in healthy individuals, and is often associated with predisposing conditions.
Ilenia Magnani, Alberto Spadotto, Pasquale Paolisso, Alberto Foà, Carlo Savini, Davide Pacini, Carmine Pizzi, Nazzareno Galiè   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source