mitral valve insufficiency/diarrhea

The efficacy and safety of the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor enalapril in dogs with naturally acquired class III or class IV heart failure was evaluated in this study. Eighteen small-breed dogs with insufficiency of their mitral valves, but without other diseases were included in this

A 50-year-old woman was transported to a hospital complaining of marked general malaise and epigastralgia with diarrhea and vomiting. Her electrocardiogram showed sinus arrest with a duration of nearly 8 sec. Atrial pacing with an external pacemaker improved her symptoms promptly. Following transfer

An 8-year-old boy was referred to our institution because of nausea and vomiting for 1 day. He had also been experiencing shortness of breath for more than 1 year. This symptom had progressed so that he could no longer run or walk upstairs without chest discomfort. There was no associated fever,

Kawasaki disease (KD), first described in Japan in 1967 by Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki, is an acute multi system vasculitis of infancy and early childhood characterised by high fever, rash, conjunctivitis, inflammation of the mucous membranes, erythematous induration of the hands and feet and cervical

Medical advancements have led to an increase in the number of elderly people. However, standard treatments may sometimes be difficult to use in elderly people. Here, we report the case of an elderly patient with rectal and gastric cancer who refused radical surgery. The patient was an 83-year-old

BACKGROUND The best age for the arterial switch operation (ASO) in complete transposition of great arteries with ventricular septal defect is usually considered to be within six months. This is because of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary arterial obstructive pathological changes.

DT, a 63-year-old white male with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and severe peripheral vascular disease, was admitted with a five-day history of vague abdominal pain and diarrhea. On the day of admission he vomited three times, was noted to have a bloody stool, and came to the emergency room.