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Aims Prescribing is a complex, essential skill that doctors must acquire to practice medicine safely and effectively. The British Pharmacological Society has historically provided a core curriculum to guide clinical pharmacology and prescribing education in UK medical schools.
Dagan O. Lonsdale +5 more
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Abstract Aims The extent of irreversible cardiomyocyte necrosis after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a major determinant of residual left ventricular (LV) function and clinical outcome. Cell therapy based on CD34+ cells has emerged as an option to help repair the myocardium and to improve outcomes.
Jerome Roncalli +17 more
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Subacute pericardial abscess after aortic valve replacement: a case report
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 +7 more
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Carcinoid constrictive pericarditis [PDF]
A 78 year old man presented with diarrhoea, anorexia, and progressive lower limb oedema. He was in atrial fibrillation and had a right pleural effusion and ascites. Ultrasound of the abdomen and 24 hour urinary hydroxyindoleacetic acid output indicated metastatic carcinoid syndrome.
S D, Johnston +2 more
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Serum NT pro-BNP: relation to systolic and diastolic function in cardiomyopathies and pericardiopathies [PDF]
FUNDAMENTO: O NT pro-BNP é marcador de disfunção sistólica e diastólica. OBJETIVO: Determinar os níveis de NT pro-BNP em pacientes com cardiopatia chagásica, hipertrófica, restritiva e afecções pericárdicas, e sua relação com medidas ecocardiográficas de
ARTEAGA, Edmundo +8 more
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Abstract Background and objectives Initially described as a benign acute cardiomyopathy, Takotsubo syndrome has been linked to elevated mortality rates. Emerging evidence suggests that unresolved myocardial inflammation may contribute to this adverse prognosis.
Loïc Faucher +12 more
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Effusive-constrictive pericarditis [PDF]
A 51 year old man presented with progressive worsening of chronic ascites. He had a history of chronic pericarditis of unknown cause requiring pericardiocentesis three timed in the last decade; the last performed six years previously. At admission, physical examination revealed signs of systemic …
M, Santarone, G, Corrado, G, Belloni
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Pericarditis Constrictiva in a 10-Year-Old Boy After Influenza A Virus Infection [PDF]
Pericarditis constrictiva is caused by fibrotic degeneration of the pericardium and leads to impaired diastolic ventricular filling. The diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis in children remains challenging and often requires a multimodal approach.
Knirsch, W. +2 more
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Ketogenic diet for infantile epileptic spasms
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 +3 more
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A clinical case of tuberculosis with transient constrictive pericarditis and perimyocarditis
Tuberculous pericarditis is a rare diagnosis seen among as few as 1% of tuberculosis (TB) patients in developed countries. We present a case of a 60-year-old male suffering from a transient constrictive pericarditis and subclinical involvement of the ...
V D Mathiasen +3 more
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