Brugada syndromequinidineimplantable cardioverter defibrillatorventricular fibrillationOnly implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) have been proven to prevent sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with Brugada syndrome (BrS). However, ICD discharge, whether appropriate or inappropriate, leads to impaired...
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Global mental health applies the principles of global health to the field of mental health. Over the years, global mental health has advocated the cause of increasing access to mental health care through promoting the prioritization of mental health in g
In an interesting report it was demonstrated that CL is quickly oxidized when coated on ELISA-plates for determination of anti-CL and many anti-CL may recognize this variant of OxCL which could contribute to the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome [17]. Further, this form of CL, oxidized by ex...
The syndrome is a rare inherited disorder in which the left half of the heart is undersized and cannot perform its function of pumping blood to the body. Without surgery, it is fatal. What is normal ejection fraction for a 70 year old? An ejection fraction of 50 percent to 65 percent is...
Sheehan DV, Lecrubier Y, Sheehan KH, Amorim P, Janavs J, Weiller E, Hergueta T, Baker R, Dunbar GC: The Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.): The development and validation of a structured diagnostic psychiatric interview for DSM-IV and ICD-10. Journal of Clinical ...
All patients fulfilled the DSM-IV and ICD-10 criteria for ScZ and no other psychiatric axis I disorder. Severity of symptoms in patients with ScZ was assessed with the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)35. Two patients were excluded due to insufficient quality of their EEG data. ...
Covariates Covariates and potential confounders included advanced (≥35 years) maternal age at delivery, hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (chronic hypertension, gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, eclampsia, or HELLP syndrome), any treatment with antenatal corticosteroids, mode of delivery, delivery out...
T3 enters neural target cells primarily through MCT8, a brain-specific TH transporter53. Mutations in the MCT8 gene in Xq13 induce TH abnormalities and severe neurodevelopmental disorders in humans and rodents, commonly identified as Allan-Herndon-Dudley (AHD) syndrome53. However, with our presen...
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