RELEVANCY OF HIGH DOSE STATINS APPLICATION BEFORE AND AFTER MYOCARDIUM REVASCULARIZATION

Left ventricular performance before and after removal of the noncontractile area of the left ventricle and revascularization of the myocardium.

Persistent Psychosis after Abuse of High Dose of Zolpidem

Background: Zolpidem is a non-benzodiazepine medication which selectively affects GABAA receptors and treats insomnia. There are numerous reports of psychosis following the consumption of zolpidem all of which recovered after stopping the medication. Case Report: A 27 year old male law student, who was treated with 10 mg zolpidem due to insomnia, increased the dosage to 500 mg during 3 months. ...

on translation of politeness strategies in dialogues involving female characters in translations and retranslations of novels translated before and after the islamic revolution of iran and their effects on the image of women: a polysystem theory approach

abstract reception environment has considerable effects on accepting a translation. as the expectations of a target culture and its values and needs change throughout history, its criteria for accepting a translation or rejecting it will change accordingly (gentzler, 2001). the expectations of iran, as the reception environment in the present study, have changed after the islamic revolution. i...

accuracy of dobutamine stress echocardiography in detecting recovery of contractile reserve after revascularization of ischemic myocardium

background: this study was designed to investigate the accuracy of dobutamine stress echocardiography (dse) in detecting the post-revascularization recovery rate of contractile reserve (cr) in ischemic myocardium. methods: a total of 112 segments from seven patients with low ejection fraction (<35%) and coronary artery disease were evaluated with dse one week before and 12 weeks after coronary ...

Ventricular Function Before and After Direct Revascularization Surgery

presence of patent or nonpatent grafts. This construct, termed a vascularization index (VI), was used to evaluate left ventricular function and anginal symptoms after coronary artery bypass surgery in 56 patients. Patients with an increase in local or total arterial blood supply (positive AVI) often had similar directional changes in segmental wall motion and ventricular ejection fraction. Pati...