"Complete" surgical correction of Fallot's tetralogy carries a much higher risk in patients with a hemoglobin concentration greater than 18 Gm. per cent (31 per cent mortality) than in those whose ...

A series of four patients who died following rupture of the ventricular septum due to myocardial infarction has been reported. One of these died of hemorrhage due to a defective clotting mechanism 8 ...

Patients having a CHADS 2 score ≥2 are generally not recommended to discontinue OAC. But does the individual thromboembolic risk really remain unchanged after a successful ablation procedure? Data on ...

Abstract We evaluated the cardiovascular effects of pathophysiological plasma levels of brain natriuretic peptide in seven patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension by performing ...

Background and Purpose—MRI is known to detect clinically silent microbleeds (MBs) in patients with primary intracerebral hemorrhage (pICH), but the frequency and diagnostic and clinical significance ...

Total and regional coronary blood flow were measured in dogs by left atrial injection of carbonized microspheres labeled with different radioactive isotopes (mean diameter 14 to 61µ). Simultaneously ...

The lymphatic circulation was evaluated after cannulation of the cervical thoracic duct in 12 patients with severe intractable congestive heart failure. After venting the distended duct, lymph flowed ...

The aim of our study was to investigate plasma and genetic risk factors for rupture of cerebral aneurysms. In London, a case-control study was made of 56 consecutive patients admitted to a regional ...