INTRODUCTION Freiberg infraction is a relatively rare osteochondrosis of the metatarsal head. The etiology of Freiberg infraction is poorly understood but likely involves factors such as, repetitive trauma and vascular compromise. When discovered early, Freiberg infraction can be cured with conservative measures but late presentations require surgical intervention. We present a case of stage V ...

To cite: Lin H-T, Liu AL-J. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-010121 DESCRIPTION The patient is a 16-year-old girl who visited the clinic and presented with a 3-month history of right foot pain. She described the pain as constant and dull, and exacerbated with walking. No traumatic history was noted. Physical examination revealed evident swelli...

INTRODUCTION Takotsubo cardiomyopathy also known as transient left ventricular apical ballooning, stress-induced cardiomyopathy can present with retrosternal chest pain with EKG changes that can mimic a myocardial infraction. CASE PRESENTATION We present a 68 female with sudden onset retrosternal squeezing chest pain with positive cardiac enzymes and EKG changes suggestive of acute ST-elevati...

Introduction: Ventricular remodeling is the process by which ventricular size, shape and function are regulated by mechanical, neurohormonal and genetic factors.1 Remodeling may be physiological and adaptive during normal growth or pathological due to acute myocardial infraction (AMI), cardiomyopathy, hypertension or valvular heat disease. This article will re view left ventricular (LV) remodel...

idiopathic or spontaneous segmental infarction of omentum is a rare disease producing acute abdominal emergency. this rare entity is in a small group of abdominal emergencies with circulatory compromise. infarction could be caused by omental torsion which could be due to adhesion of a previouse surgery or it could be spontaneous. less than 150 cases of idiopathic segmental infarction of omentum...

acute myocardial infarction can culminate in sudden cardiac death due to cardiogenic shock and ventricular fibrillation, and also rarely due to cardiac rupture. we present a case of post-infarction myocardial rupture after thrombolytic therapy diagnosed with transthoracic echocardiography and treated with direct closure and coronary artery bypass grafting.

BACKGROUND Kernel smoothing method is a non-parametric or graphical method for statistical estimation. In the present study was used a kernel smoothing method for finding the death hazard rates of patients with acute myocardial infarction. METHODS By employing non-parametric regression methods, the curve estimation, may have some complexity. In this article, four indices of Epanechnikov, Biqu...