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The specificity of the persistence of antibody to the streptococcal group A carbohydrate for mitral valve disease induced by rheumatic fever was examined. Levels of the antibody were determined in serum samples of 30 patients with rheumatic mitral insufficiency, 30 patients with mitral valve
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The enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol has had limited adoption in laparoscopic ventral rectopexy (LVR), and the extent of gastric ileus shortly after LVR remains unknown. This study was designed to assess the degree of gastric emptying shortly after LVR within an ERAS
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Chordal rupture in myxomatous mitral valves is the leading cause of leaflet prolapse and regurgitation. Increased glycosaminoglycan (GAG) content has been reported in these valves. Therefore, the biochemical differences between myxomatous and control mitral valve chordae were
A 53-year-old woman was scheduled for elective surgery of a L4-L5 lumbar disc prolapse. Preoperatively, she reported of a hereditary muscle disease in her family which could be identified as familial hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis. In patients with familial periodic paralysis, only limited
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Using the quantitative and statistical method to study the psychopathology of this disorder, we feel that melancholy underlies all anorexia, a structural psychological failing in the primary narcissistic personality instituted at the beginning of life. Melancholy entails its opposite,
We report a case of a 66-year-old woman admitted to our hospital for examination and treatment of uterine and rectal prolapse, pleural and pericardial effusion, and ascites. On further examination, she was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Test results showed markedly elevated concentrations of serum
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This biochemical study compared the extracellular matrix of normal mitral valves and myxomatous mitral valves with either unileaflet prolapse (ULP) or bileaflet prolapse (BLP).
BACKGROUND
Myxomatous mitral valves are weaker and more extensible than normal valves, and myxomatous chordae are