Jaundice, varying from a slight yellowish tinting of the sderae to a pronounced general icterus, is a common occurrence in congestive heart failure. A review of the literature leaves one with the impression that it is seen most frequently in patients with long standing congestive heart failure, particularly in failure associated with mitral and tricuspid valvular disease and in failure associat...

The subject of infections by members of the group of organisms intermediate to the typhoid bacillus and the typical colon bacillus of Escherich -the so-called paracolon bacilliis one of ever-increasing interest. The name "paracolon " was first applied to the group by Gilbert,' who described five types of paracolon bacilli. He found members of this group present in the intestinal canal of man an...

Abstract A 53-year-old woman, with no previous cardiologic history, presented to our emergency department reporting a pleomorphic symptomatology that had been affecting her in the last few months. She complained weakness, dyspnea for severe exertion and intermittent atypical chest pain worsening supine position. The patient history of migraine aura. On admission she was asymptomatic apyretic. H...

By J. GROEN, M.D., AND A. H. GARRER, M.D. G AUCHER’S disease is a rare, often familial disease, distinguished by the presence of characteristic cells in the organs of the reticulo-endothelial system (spleen, liver, lymph glands, bone marrow). The protoplasm of these cells has a typical cytologic appearance due to the presence of a special lipoid, the so-called Gaucher substance or kerasin. The ...

A series of 96 patients with severe hypertension has been treated with pentolinium tartrate for an average period of 12 months. Seventeen patients died. Therapy was more effective in arresting changes in the optic fundi and in the heart than in the kidneys. Various combinations of hypo-tensive agents were tested and it was concluded that in general the combination of pentolinium tartrate, Rauwo...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic chronic disease in which impaired function of immuno-competent cells leads to inflammation and internal organ failure. In the course of SLE most patients develop cardiological complications, which are among the most dangerous complications of SLE. Cardiovascular manifestations of SLE include accelerated coronary heart disease (CHD), pericarditis,...

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There has been a worldwide epidemic increasing in the prevalence of sedentary, overweight and obesity that comes with modernity and urbanization (Wang et al., 2002). The consequence is the development of insulin resistance (IR) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). This is classically defined as a metabolic disease that occurs due to a higher IR that leads to a slow setting of lower insulin production (mo...

CLINICAL CENTERS Baylor College of Medicine: S. McKay*, M. Haymond*, B. Anderson, C. Bush, S. Gunn, H. Holden, S.M. Jones, G. Jeha, S. McGirk, S. Thamotharan Case Western Reserve University: L. Cuttler*, E. Abrams, T. Casey, W. Dahms (deceased), C. Ievers-Landis, B. Kaminski, M. Koontz, S. MacLeish, P. McGuigan, S. Narasimhan Children’s Hospital Los Angeles: M. Geffner*, V. Barraza, N. Chang, B...