digitalis/triglyceride

To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of L-carnitine in elderly subjects suffering from heart failure, secondary to ischemic and/or hypertensive heart disease, 38 patients (22 men, 16 women) were studied, aged from 65 to 82 years. In addition to traditional therapy (digitalis, diuretics,

During last few years were reports concerning a new endogenous digoxin -like immunologic factor (DLIF) in patients not receiving digitalis. DLIF was stated in pregnant women's blood umbilical and neonatal blood as well as in patients with renal failure or hepatopathy. This phenomenon could be

258 patients with pacemakers (PM) were examined retrospectively; 126 (48.8%) had second- or third-degree av-block (AVB), 43 (16.7%) atrial fibrillation with bradycardia (AFB), 63 (24.4%) sick sinus syndrome (SSS) and 26 (10.1%) other indications (OI). Control persons (CP) of same age and sex with

The metabolic syndrome (MS) has become a worldwide health problem. It is difficult for patients to follow a diet/exercise regime that would improve their symptoms, therefore the investigation of agents that may deal with its more serious aspects is an important medical field for research. The

Dyslipidaemia may be treated with a number of safe and effective pharmacological agents that target specific lipid disorders through a variety of mechanisms. The bile-acid sequestrants--cholestyramine and colestipol--primarily decrease LDL cholesterol by binding bile acids, thereby decreasing

OBJECTIVE We sought to evaluate the prognostic value and clinical characteristics associated with electrocardiographic (ECG) ST-T changes among men without other manifestations of coronary heart disease. BACKGROUND Recent achievements in secondary prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease

In a 68-year-old male hospitalized for a traffic accident physical examination revealed a left tibial fracture and an asymptomatic left pleural effusion. The evolution was characterized essentially by the appearance of oedema of the legs, ascites, and aggravation of the left pleural effusion with