OBJECTIVES This prospective study was performed to analyze the frequency and clinical characteristics of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). BACKGROUND Despite several previous reports on families with DCM, most cases are still believed to be sporadic, and specific clinical findings of the familial form are not well defined. METHODS In 445 consecutive patients with angiographically pro...

OBJECTIVE Maternal mortality rates rose markedly from 2002 to 2006 in California, prompting an in-depth maternal mortality review in a state that comprises one twelfth of the US birth cohort. Cardiovascular disease has emerged as the leading cause of pregnancy-related death in the United States. The primary aim of this analysis was to describe the incidence and type of cardiovascular disease as...

Abstract In Europe, 350,000 people die suddenly and unexpectedly every year. The majority of sudden deaths are caused by cardiac alterations known as death (SCD). interpretation medicolegal findings is especially difficult in those SCDs where there no morphological correlate antemortem electrocardiograms or relevant medical history available. Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, which an acces...

background and aims: this study aimed to evaluate the effect of enforcement of new traffic laws on the fatal and non- fatal injury rates in iran. methods: in a longitudinal, interventional controlled trial study, all subjects with history of fatal and non-fatal injuries were studied. their injuries were caused by six risky violations (unauthorized speed, illegal overtaking, red traffic light cr...

Purpose: To study the prevalence, clinical hemodynamic characteristics and long-term prognosis of patients with the familial form of DCM. Material and methods: Over the period between 2000 and 2009, 221 patients with DCM were examined. Of these, 27 (12.2% of 221) cases of familial cardiomyopathy were diagnosed, based on anamnesis and clinical-functional examination. Subsequently, for comparativ...

Since almost 20 y it is known that seizures may trigger Takotsubo syndrome (TTS). Since then it has been repeatedly proposed that TTS could be the cause of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). A review of the so far reported cases of seizure-triggered TTS was carried out to see how often seizure-triggered TTS is fatal. Altogether 59 papers were identified which reported altogether 74 pa...