BACKGROUND Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is an acute cardiac syndrome characterized by transient LV regional wall motion abnormalities (with peculiar apical ballooning appearance), chest pain or dyspnea, ST-segment elevation and minor elevations of cardiac enzyme levels CASE PRESENTATION A 68-year-old woman was admitted to the Emergency Department because of sudden onset chest pain occurred while ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Complete flaccid facial paralysis, as well as the synkinetic and hyperkinetic sequelae of partial recovery, has significant impact on quality of life. Patients suffer from functional deficiencies, cosmetic deformity, discomfort and social consequences leading to emotional distress. Despite an extensive and sophisticated array of available interventions for facial reanimation, ...

Hyperkinesis and developmental behavioral deficiencies are cardinal signs of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. In mice, the mutation coloboma (Cm) corresponds to a contiguous gene defect that results in phenotypic abnormalities including spontaneous hyperactivity, head-bobbing, and ocular dysmorphology. In addition, coloboma mutant mice exhibit delays in achieving complex neonatal motor...

BACKGROUND There is increasing recognition that child based, as well as parent based factors may be associated with children being excluded from their families. Despite the distress routinely observed among the parents of hyperactive children, there is little research on this in clinic populations. AIMS To examine removals from home in a typical secondary care population, where hyperkinesis w...

Dietary intake data which were collected in the course of a trial on 16 children, who were diagnosed as being hyperactive, are examined. The nutritional adequacy of the children's diets before and during treatment with the Australian version of the Feingold elimination diet is calculated. The mean intakes of all computed nutrients were above the recommended level in the Australian Dietary Allow...

This is a case report of a female presenting originally with clinical picture of acute coronary syndrome and depressed left ventricular function with no angiographic evidence of coronary artery disease with mid cavitary akinesis and basal as well as apical hyperkinesis after emotional stresses identified by multi-imaging modalities to be mid cavitary Takotsubo. The Incidence and the prevalence ...

Transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome is characterized by transient akinesis of the left ventricular apex with basal wall hyperkinesis; this is also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. There are three distinct contractile LV patterns described in the literature: apical, midventricular, and basal ballooning. The apical ballooning pattern is the most frequent pattern. We describe t...