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Bopindolol, a new non-selective betablocker, and atenolol, a conventional betablocker, were studied in parallel groups of eight normotensive patients with NYHA II-III angina pectoris. Non-invasive haemodynamic measurements were made using echocardiography and systolic time intervals. Drug doses were
Chronic nonspecific diarrhea is a frequent cause of prolonged diarrhea in childhood. Typical diagnostic features include onset by 30 months of age, normal growth and development, and diarrhea lasting longer than two weeks. It usually follows a gastroenteritis or an acute infection and has been
BACKGROUND
Diarrhea and chest pain are common symptoms in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED). However, rarely is a relationship between these two symptoms established in a single patient.
OBJECTIVE
Describe a case of Campylobacter-associated myocarditis.
METHODS
A 43-year-old man
A 45-year-old Mexican woman with a history of noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), hypertension, and coronary artery disease presented to the hospital after 2 months of intractable nausea, vomiting and diarrhea-all made worse by eating and drinking. She reported fever, chills, anorexia
OBJECTIVE
This study examined the effect of acarbose therapy on carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in patients with established coronary artery disease (CAD) who had been newly diagnosed with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or mild type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
METHODS
This was a 1-year,
To evaluate the effect of hypercholesterolemic treatment on coronary artery disease in patients known to be susceptible to disease progression, 44 patients with familial hypercholesterolemia and coronary artery disease were started on a lipid-lowering diet and either probucol (1 g/day) or colestipol
BACKGROUND
Several lines of evidence have implied an association between Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and atherogenesis.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the effect of 12 weeks of antibiotic therapy on coronary heart disease events in patients with stable coronary artery disease and known C pneumoniae
Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) remains a persistent challenge, with substantially increased incidence and severity. The rising burden of CDAD requires urgent identification of preventable risk factors.A 77-year-old man with the symptoms of METHODS
The Program on the Surgical Control of the Hyperlipidemias (POSCH), a randomized clinical trial, was designed to test whether cholesterol lowering induced by the partial ileal bypass operation would favorably affect overall mortality or mortality due to coronary heart disease. The study
A 72-year-old man with severe lactose intolerance was admitted for non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. The coronary angiogram revealed occlusion of the distal third of the first diagonal artery and several non-significant lesions. The pre-discharge echocardiogram revealed moderate left
BACKGROUND
Gastrointestinal complications are an important problem of antithrombotic therapy. Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) are believed to decrease the risk of such complications, though no randomized trial has proved this in patients receiving dual antiplatelet therapy. Recently, concerns have
Cilostazol is a unique antiplatelet agent that has been commercially available for over two decades. As a phosphodiesterase III inhibitor, it reversibly inhibits platelet aggregation yet also possesses vasodilatory and antiproliferative properties. It has been widely studied in a variety of disease
Addisonian crisis represents a state of acute adrenocortical insufficiency and occurs in patient with Addison's disease who are exposed to stress of infection, surgery, trauma, vomiting and diarrhea. We present a case with a 39-year-old female patient who admitted to the hospital with Addisonian
The Program on the Surgical Control of the Hyperlipidemias (POSCH) was a randomized controlled clinical trial designed to ascertain whether cholesterol lowering induced by the partial ileal bypass operation would favorably affect overall mortality and the mortality and morbidity due to coronary