In 1949 William Evans gave the name of familial cardiomegaly to what he believed to be a "distinct syndrome having a definite clinical, cardiographic, and pathological pattern." The essential features were the familial incidence of cardiomegaly without obvious cause and a marked tendency to arrhythmia and heart block with associated palpitation, giddiness, and syncope. Death may be sudden or ra...

INTRODUCTION The presence of aortic arch calcification (AoAC) and cardiomegaly on chest radiography has been demonstrated as important risk factors for cardiovascular mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the interrelationship among AoAC, cardiomegaly, and renal function progression remains unclear. The aim of this study is to assess whether AoAC and cardiomegaly are...

INTRODUCTION Using self-determination theory as the theoretical framework, we conducted a longitudinal investigation of the relationships between motivation and athlete burnout. We tested four hypotheses: H0: low self-determination (SD) does not precede burnout, and burnout does not precede low SD; H1: low SD precedes burnout; H2: burnout precedes low SD; and H3: burnout and motivation have a r...