Trisomy 9 is a rare chromosome disorder with high neonatal mortality. It is often seen in mosaic form. Most patients who survive are severely mentally retarded. The main features of this syndrome are "bulbous" nose, microphthalmia, dislocated limbs, and other anomalies of skeletal, cardiac, genitourinary, and central nervous system. Most patients have developmental and cognitive impairment. Pat...

M/O)DERATOR TLOiIs N. KATZ (Chicago, Ill.): Before I call upon my colleagues I wish to make a few introductory remarks. We as physicians must view heart disease in all its ramifications. Heart disease is primarily a chronic process. The problem is more than the immediate alleviation of acute exa(erbations of the disease, involving a temporary sojourn in the acute hospital, or its equivalent at ...

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background rapid response teams (rrts) assess patients during early phases of deterioration to reduce patient morbidity and mortality. objectives this study aimed to evaluate the ability of earlier medical intervention by a rrt prompted by clinical instability in patients to reduce the incidence of and mortality from unexpected cardiac arrest at our hospital. patients and methods a nonrandomize...

the term “stunned myocardium” refers to abnormalities in the myocardial function following reperfusion and is common in on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) and is exceedingly rare in off- pump cabg. a 53-year-old man presented with unstable angina due to the severe stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery (lad) and the obtuse marginal. laboratory findings and chest x-...

Secondary prevention of adverse cardiovascular events is a major focus in the care patients with coronary heart disease. Cardiac rehabilitation aims to address patient risk factors through lifestyle modifications, such as increased physical activity and dietary modification. This commentary evaluates critically appraises network meta-analysis cardiac programmes, including exercise non-exercise ...

Background: Lactic acidosis in cardiac surgical patients is a manifestation of systemic inflammation and excess pro-inflammatory cytokine production. This investigation was designed to integrate basic concepts about lactate acidosis with a clinically used of serum lactate in patients under coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) by on pump method. Methods: From August to September 2012, 15 patie...

A young male was admitted with diagnosis of Covid-19 SARS infection and having fever, cough & non-cardiac chest pain. There no past history cardiac symptoms physical examination unremarkable. His vitals were stable. ECG showed ST elevation Tall but notched T wave in V3 depression inferior lateral leads. Carefully looking these manifestations, they seem the artifacts based on their features ...