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Association between acute corneal hydrops in patients with keratoconus and mitral valve prolapse.

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OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between corneal hydrops in patients with keratoconus (KCN) and mitral valve prolapse (MVP). METHODS This case-control study included patients with KCN with corneal hydrops who were referred to Labbafinejad Medical Center or a private clinic between March 2006

Ruptured chordae tendineae and acute pulmonary edema induced by exercise. Occurrence in a young man with mitral valve prolapse.

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An Atypical Mitral Valve Prolapse in a Patient With Behçet's Disease.

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We report the case of a 42-year-old male who was admitted to the hospital with progressive dyspnea. Cardiomegaly and diffuse pulmonary edema were visible on chest X-ray and multiple oral and genital ulcers on physical examination. On admission, echocardiography revealed mitral valve prolapse (MVP)

Pulmonary edema of scuba divers.

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A syndrome of acute pulmonary edema has been previously reported among scuba divers in cold, European waters. Because of the temperatures involved, the name "cold-induced pulmonary edema" was coined in the original 1989 description. We report six individuals who developed the identical syndrome,

[A case of unilateral pulmonary edema associated rupture of mitral chordae tendineae].

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A 57-year-old man was admitted with dyspnea and bloody sputum. The chest X-ray showed unilateral alveolar infiltration, and alveolar cell carcinoma was suspected. Physical examination showed orthopnea and a loud systolic murmur, and the echocardiogram showed mitral valve prolapse. A chest X-ray 4

Cardiac biopsy evidence for a cardiomyopathy associated with symptomatic mitral valve prolapse.

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Right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy was performed in 14 patients with mitral valve prolapse to determine the existence of an associated cardiomyopathic process. All 14 patients had echocardiographic, angiographic or auscultatory evidence of mitral valve prolapse, and all were symptomatic. The

Mitral valve prolapse in 3-year-old healthy Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. An echocardiographic study.

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Clinical studies have shown that Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (CKCS) have a high prevalence of mitral valvular insufficiency (MVI). Echocardiography has the potential to disclose early valvular changes, and the present prospective study was designed to investigate the occurrence of mitral valve

[Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema associated with hydrochlorothiazide use].

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A 54 years old female patient with a mitral valve prolapse and a rheumatoid arthritis treated with steroids was admitted with dyspnea and hypotension, that started 30 min after taking a pill containing enapril and hydrochlorothiazide. Hemodynamic monitoring with a Swan-Ganz catheter showed a

[General anesthesia with remifentanil in two cases of emergency cesarean section].

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Remifentanil is a synthetic opiate with evident advantages for various anesthetic techniques, enhancing quality of anesthesia. Indications are increasingly well-defined. Remifentanil may be used in obstetric analgesia-anesthesia thanks to advantages demonstrated in patients with heart disease

[Mitral insufficiency due to ruptured chordae tendineae--clinical features, early and late results of valve replacement and repair].

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To evaluate the early and late results of mitral valve replacement and reconstruction for mitral insufficiency due to ruptured chordae tendineae respectively, 74 consecutive cases were analyzed. Fifty-five (74.3%) of the patients were men, and the mean age was 48 +/- 12 years old (range 16 to 76).

Spontaneous chordae tendineae rupture during peripartum.

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Acute cardiopulmonary distress in pregnancy always carries exceptionally arduous challenge for physicians. Here we report a patient who sustained spontaneous chordae tendineae rupture complicated with severe mitral regurgitation and acute pulmonary edema during peripartum period. Probable causes of

[Postoperative acute mitral regurgitation. Unexpected finding after minor non-cardiac surgery].

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This report describes the case of a 59-year-old man who was scheduled for general anesthesia with propofol, sufentanil and sevoflurane for removal of a metal implant. The patient was classified as American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) II status because of an asymptomatic mitral valve prolapse

Left ventricular noncompaction and cardiomyopathy: cause, contributor, or epiphenomenon?

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OBJECTIVE To discuss unresolved issues pertaining to aetiology and diagnosis of isolated left ventricular noncompaction. RESULTS Left ventricular noncompaction may be sporadic or familial and is linked to mutations in mitochondrial, cytoskeletal, Z-line, and sarcomeric proteins. Severe childhood

A rare case of Whipple's disease with endocarditis in a patient with dextrocardia

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We report a case of an elderly Caucasian male with past medical history of dextrocardia with situs inversus totalis, polymyalgia rheumatica, history of cryptogenic stroke, and severe mitral regurgitation with mitral valve prolapse, who presented with acute heart failure symptoms, including severe

[A case of papillary muscle rupture associated with acute inferior myocardial infarction].

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A sixty-year-old man was admitted to our hospital due to prolonged left anterior chest oppression and hypotention. The electrocardiogram revealed acute inferior myocardial infarction, confirmed by the coronary angiography which showed occluded right coronary artery (RCA) at the segment 4AV. The

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