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OBJECTIVE Recently, the initial therapy for refractory cardiogenic shock has largely been based on use of short-term mechanical devices with later conversion to durable options. The premise is that such patients cannot tolerate cardiopulmonary bypass and the extended surgery needed for implantable

Background: The disturbance in the international normalized ratio (INR) in patients receiving warfarin therapy is of concern. We aimed to evaluate coagulation features in hospitalized patients under warfarin treatment for prosthetic heart

BACKGROUND In Hong Kong, Chinese medicine is popular and coexists with orthodox Western medicine. Despite a long history of use, many herbs have not been submitted to rigorous scientific testing and there are reports of hepatotoxicity. We describe a woman who developed acute hepatitis after drinking