Difficult Journey

Congenital long QT syndrome: A difficult journey for one young survivor

Introduction Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) is characterized by prolongation of the repolarization phase after cardiac myocyte depolarization. It affects up to 1 in 2000 people and is a leading cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in the young. To date, defects in 16 genes that code for transmembrane cardiac ion channels or accessory proteins have been implicated in more than 80% of cases. P...

Overhauling Cardiovascular Risk Prediction in Primary Prevention: Difficult Journey Worth the Destination.

Management of the difficult Airway

The appropriate airway management is the important point during the anesthesia. For it dose, ‎taking history, physical examination (head and neck, mandible, mouth opening, neck ‎movements …) must be done completely and they are helpful in estimating difficult ‎intubation.‎ It is necessary to note that one case from every ‎‏5000‏‎ cases of anesthesia, not o...

Prevention of Iodine Deficiency: Difficult to Implement, More Difficult to Sustain

My journey.

867 IAM HONORED to be considered a Pioneer in Palliative Care, and while I humbly accept the honor, I believe there are many others more worthy of such notable distinction. Unlike many of my peers, I did not forge my career in a community hospice or in a pure academic environment, but rather at the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, a Deans Committee instit...