Báo cáo y học: " Multiple myeloma presenting with high-output heart failure and improving with anti-angiogenesis therapy: two case reports and a review of the literature" pdf

... describe two cases of multiple myeloma associated with high-output failure that rapidly responded to the ini- tiation of these agents. Case presentation Case 1 A 50-year-old man of Indian ancestry who ... the high-output state being secondary to innumerable intramedullary arteriovenous fistulas [1,2]. If this is the case, pharmacotherapy with the ability t...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22

... plasmacytoma, additional tests are required to distinguish between a solitary plasmacytoma of the bone, an extramedullary plasmacytoma or the systemic disease multiple myeloma. Patients with solitary ... [7,8,11]. Our review of recent articles revealed few case reports of plasmacytomas as initial presentations of multiple myeloma [9,11,12]. The locat ions of t...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:21

... additional tests are required to distinguish between a solitary plasmacytoma of the bone, an extramedullary plasmacytoma or the systemic disease multiple myeloma. Patients with solitary plasma- cytoma ... Solitary plasmacytoma of bone versus extramedullary plasmacytoma and their relationship to multiple myeloma. Cancer 1979, 43(3):1007-1013. 14. Scott IA: Errors in clinica...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 07:20

... Mano A, Yamanaka S, Shiraishi J, Keira N, Matoba S, Asayama J, Fushiki S, Nakagawa M: Effects of ACE inhibition on myocardial apoptosis in an ischemia- reperfusion rat heart model. J Cardiovasc ... (+LVdp/dt and -LVdp/dt) were calculated with the Acknowledge software. Tissue sampling After haemodynamic measurements, the rats were subse- quently euthanized by excision of the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... an arterial line, and therefore may be safer than the PAC. But many TPT metrics remain relatively untested with regards to gold standard techniques in the assessment and treatment of heart failure. The ... trials. In a previous issue of Critical Care a comparison was made between metrics of transpulmonary thermodilution (TPT) and the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 19:20

... an arterial line, and therefore may be safer than the PAC. But many TPT metrics remain relatively untested with regards to gold standard techniques in the assessment and treatment of heart failure. The ... trials. In a previous issue of Critical Care a comparison was made between metrics of transpulmonary thermodilution (TPT) and the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 19:20

... cortex. Demyelinating plaques may disrupt reflex pathways in the insular, cingulated and ventromedial prefrontal cortices, central nucleus of the amygdala, paraventricular hypothalamus and the medulla. ... episodes of bradycardia or an asystole as a cause for their syncope (30, 31). Another patient continues to experience palpita- tions and episodes of syncope and...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:39

... this case report and any accompany- ing images. A co py of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal. Author details 1 Cardiac Surgery Department, Evaggelismos ... bypas s (CPB) was achieved by standard ascending aorta and bicaval cannulation. Mildly hypothermic (32°C) CPB was established. Cold blood car- dioplegia was administered in...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... studies have examined an association between a metabolic myo- pathy and polyarteritis nodosa. Case presentation A 78-year-old African American woman presente d to our facility with a two- year history ... metabolic myopathies that may present later in life. It also speculates on the potential relationship between metabolic myopathy and systemic vasculitis. Case presentation...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:21

... present the case of a 51-year-old African man with testicular tuberculosis and multiple intracranial tuberculomas who was initially managed for testicular cancer with intracranial metastasis. He had undergone ... testicular cancer with intracranial metastases. Case presentation A 51-year-old African man was referred from a private facility with a two- month histor...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:23