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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a clonal hematopoietic stem cell disease. Patients with PNH often experience a high incidence (14%-40%) of thrombotic events, which are mainly venous and rarely arterial thrombotic events. Because it is very rare, delay in diagnosis is 110 male subjects, under 60, admitted for myocardial infarction in 1980 and 1981, have been considered. 85 answers to the questionnaire, sent by post have been obtained, 6 pertaining to patients who died in the meanwhile. Among the 79 living patients who replied, 57 (72.1%) had resumed work within
OBJECTIVE
Coronary heart disease is the number one cause of death for both men and women. While adults 65 years of age and older comprise the largest percentage of those who experience an acute myocardial infarction (AMI), investigators to date have failed to examine the knowledge of this population
Two hundred and sixty-four patients were included in an open, randomized, multicenter trial, with the aim of determining whether nicardipine can be useful in the prevention of cerebral infarction. The patients had experienced one or more transient ischemic attacks, reversible ischemic neurologic
BACKGROUND
This retrospective study was performed to review the intermediate-term results of the laparoscopic repair of giant paraesophageal hernia (PEH) in the unit.
METHODS
This retrospective 8-year case series involved 42 patients. The clinical records were retrieved, reviewed individually, and
BACKGROUND
Long-term aspirin use in cardiovascular disease prevention may result in gastrointestinal bleeding. Although proton pump inhibitors (PPI) have been shown to reduce the risks of peptic ulcers and dyspeptic symptoms in long-term aspirin users in the randomized controlled trials, there are
BACKGROUND
Many new drugs are aggressively promoted. The public may not realize that even with US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, important uncertainties about the benefits and harms of these drugs remain. We assessed the US public's understanding of the meaning of FDA drug approval and
In part I of this article we report on 89 hypertensive patients who underwent 9 months of treatment with oxprenolol HCl 160 mg in a slow-release formulation plus cyclopenthiazide 0.25 mg and potassium chloride 600 mg (Trasidrex; Ciba-Geigy). Blood pressures, both supine and standing, and pulse rates
The choice of the best reconstruction technique following resection of either the stomach or the rectum remains a matter of discussion. While there is no problem in reconnecting intestinal segments, which do not serve as a reservoir, there are many different operation techniques to replace the
The combination of skin induration with clinical features such as dyspnea, facial telangiectasia, digital infarctions and/or dysphagia supports the diagnosis of systemic sclerosis. The oesophageal dysmotility is associated with symptoms which may delay the diagnosis of gastro-oesophageal cancer.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), characterized by inflammation of the synovium and surrounding structures, has a prevalence of 0.5-1%. Rheumatoid vasculitis (RV) is an inflammatory condition of the small- and medium-sized vessels that affects up to 5% of patients with RA with intestinal involvement in
Data from six randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials of aspirin, involving a total of 10,703 postmyocardial infarction (MI) patients, are compared and combined. After adjustment for a number of prognostically important baseline factors, the reduction in total mortality by aspirin was 10% (P
Within the health care of the elderly with prevention, diagnosis, therapy, rehabilitation, nursing care and social service, diagnostic procedures are of great importance to avoid under- and over-diagnosis. Many diagnostic difficulties exist in elderly patients such as changed reference values,
BACKGROUND
Little is known about the prevalence and importance of non-cardiac chest pain in the general population.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the magnitude and impact of this condition.
METHODS
A validated self-report questionnaire was mailed to a sample of 1000 residents of Penrith, selected randomly
In this review of the gastrointestinal (GI) and hepatic manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 180 articles from the English literature, found using a medline search from January 1965 to December 2010, were examined. Vasculitis may cause ulcerations, bleeding, stricture formation, and