Redefining Engraftment Syndrome: The New Mayo Clinic Criteria

Echocardiographic diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis: Mayo Clinic criteria.

BACKGROUND Constrictive pericarditis is a potentially reversible cause of heart failure that may be difficult to differentiate from restrictive myocardial disease and severe tricuspid regurgitation. Echocardiography provides an important opportunity to evaluate for constrictive pericarditis, and definite diagnostic criteria are needed. METHODS AND RESULTS Patients with surgically confirmed co...

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome: the Mayo clinic experience.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence and pathogenetic mechanisms of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). PATIENTS AND METHODS We reviewed the medical records of patients with POTS seen at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn, from January 1, 1993, through December 31, 2003. All patients were required to have had a full autonomic reflex screen. The results of the following additiona...

Endocrinopathy in POEMS syndrome: the Mayo Clinic experience.

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and characteristics of endocrinopathies at diagnosis of POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M protein, and skin changes) syndrome. PATIENTS AND METHODS From January 1, 1960, through June 30, 2006, we identified 170 patients with POEMS syndrome in the Mayo Clinic dysproteinemia database. We abstracted information about endocrine abnormalit...

Collected Papers of the Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Foundation

A new policy now governs the selection of material for these reprints. The volume is a complete reference record of all papers from the Mayo Clinic in 1924, but only those articles likely to be of general interest are reprinted in cxtenso. More technical or highly specialised articles are either presented as an abstract or referred to by their titles alone. This is an excellent departure, as it...

Collected Papers of the Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Foundation