background there is the controversy concerning the main component of tobacco, which is responsible for its arrhythmogenesis. in addition, there is the lack of adequate information about the influence of combination of black tea and nicotine on heart rhythm. objectives this study aimed to examine whether pretreatment with black tea and nicotine could modulate the susceptibility to lethal ventric...

introduction: pneumonectomy is the standard treatment of lung cancer, even though patients should undergo several evaluations before surgery; deterioration of cardiopulmonary function after pulmonary resection is inevitable. we have evaluated the effects of digoxin on the improvement of right ventricular function and prevention of probable complications after lung resection surgery. materials a...

conclusions the findings suggest that chronic coadministration of nandrolone with moderate-intensity endurance exercise facilitates the vf occurrence in rat. complementary studies are needed to elucidate the involved mechanisms of this abnormality. results nandrolone, exercise, and their combination were associated with heart hypertrophy. exercise could prevent the incremental effect of nandrol...

OBJECTIVES ABO and RhD blood groups are key factors affecting blood transfusion safety. The distribution of ABO and RhD blood groups varies globally, but limited data exist for ethnic distributions of these blood groups in Asian populations. We aimed to evaluate the distribution of ABO and RhD blood groups among Chinese ethnic groups. DESIGN A population-based cross-sectional study. SETTING...