We read the Review on neurofi bromatosis type 1 (NF1) by Angela Hirbe and David Gutmann with great interest. Although Hirbe and Gutmann precisely described the genetic, phenotypic, and skin features, their focus is on the less frequent clinical manifestations including dysplastic abnormalities of the central and peripheral nervous system, changes to musculoskeletal and respiratory systems, and ...

A 40-year-old male patient was admitted with the symptoms of progressive dyspnea, orthopnea, and abdominal distension of 2 months duration. On examination, vitals were as follows: BP 100/80 mmHg, pulse rate 120/min, and respiratory rate 36/min. He had small bilaterally supraclavicular nodes, a large right axillary lymph node, and the jugular venous pressure was elevated. On auscultation, breath...

B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and amino-terminal pro-BNP (NTproBNP) plasma levels are commonly high at the early phase of septic shock and have been suggested to be prognostic markers for this condition. It is uncertain, however, whether this increase reflects sepsis related cardiac dysfunction. In a recent issue of Critical Care, Mokart and coworkers showed the accuracy of NTproBNP in predi...

PURPOSE We reviewed the cases of 33 patients from our clinic and 142 patients from the literature with congenital bronchopulmonary vascular malformations (BPVM), systematically analyzed the bronchopulmonary airways, pulmonary arterial supplies, and pulmonary venous drainages, and classified these patients by pulmonary malinosculation (PM). MATERIALS AND METHODS From January 1990 to January 20...

A nderson-Fabry disease (AFD), an X linked lysosomal storage disorder, results in glycoshingolipid deposition in multiple organ systems, including the heart. Recognised cardiac manifestations include conduction disease, valvar thickening, and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Recent studies have shown that enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) reduces left ventricular (LV) mass in patients with AF...

In neonates, acute perinatal asphyxia may lead to ischemic myocardial damage [1]. In some cases, subendocardial infarction has been documented [2]. Generally, diagnosis of the myocardial injury (MI) is based on clinical findings, suggestive electrocardiographic and echocardiographic patterns [3], decrease in myocardial uptake of thallium [4], and classical creatine kinase (CK)-MB isoenzyme meas...

This special talk is set to commemorate the author’s fellow title of IEICE Japan. Researches between these forty years related to image analysis and medical applications is introduced in this talk. They include wide range of research of learning, registration, classification method, spatio-temporal image processing, 3D display, and sign language communication-aid system. Keyword Medical image,3...

To assess the prevalence of valvular regurgitation in the aged, we studied 176 apparently healthy volunteers with no history or physical evidence of cardiac abnormality. Their ages ranged from 40 to 90 (66 ± 14, mean ± SD) years. We examined these subjects by pulsed Doppler echocardiography combined with two-dimensional echocardiography to determine the prevalence of valvular regurgitation. Reg...

A retrospective study was performed to elucidate the process of left ventricular aneurysm formation and its influence on left ventricular enlargement based on serial two-dimensional echocardiographic observations from 150 consecutive patients with first acute anterior myocardial infarction. Echocardiograms were available and interpretable through the entire period of observation in 68 patients....

A retrospective study was performed to elucidate the process of left ventricular aneurysm formation and its influence on left ventricular enlargement based on serial two-dimensional echocardiographic observations from 150 consecutive patients with first acute anterior myocardial infarction. Echocardiograms were available and interpretable through the entire period of observation in 68 patients....