À LA Mode Atrioventricular Mechanical Coupling

À LA mode atrioventricular mechanical coupling.

eft atrial (LA) size and function have been popularized as barometers of left ventricular (LV) filling pressure and diastolic function. However, the specific role of the left atrium, independent of the left ventricle, and its clinical assessment remain challenging. Several recent investigations have suggested that measuring changes in LA volume (1), wall deformation (2), or the extent of wall f...

Contribution à l'étude de la maladie athéromateuse

Médecine à la Molière.

Of Moliere's thirty six plays, seven deal, to a greater or lesser extent, with medicine; the medicine as practiced in Paris during the reign of Louis XIV. In these days, Moliere satirises the recalcitrant conservatism of the Paris medical faculty. It is, however, an informed satirisation. This paper explores Moliere's motives and attempts to place Moliere's medical plays against a broad canvas ...

Death à la carte

Delegates arrived at the hotel on a rainy Sunday evening where they were immediately made welcome and encouraged to relax over dinner while chatting to other EWCD (European Workshop on Cell Death) participants. The EWCD is a bi-annual conference that focuses on all aspects of cell death. Each conference is held in a different unique location, with this year’s being no exception. The six-day mee...

Conservation du virus de la Peste bovine à l'état lyophilisé