Unconscious incompetence

Perforator incompetence. Case of perforator incompetence--making SEPS better.

Surgery of mitral incompetence.

MITRAL valve disease has for many years been accepted as the commonest sequel of rheumatism, both clinically and pathologically. The development of stenosis has never been in question. Such has not been the case, however, with incompetence, though as long ago as I849 Hope first drew attention to this condition. The existence of mitral incompetence as an entity or even as an important component ...

Evolutionary games under incompetence

The adaptation process of a species to a new environment is a significant area of study in biology. As part of natural selection, adaptation is a mutation process which improves survival skills and reproductive functions of species. Here, we investigate this process by combining the idea of incompetence with evolutionary game theory. In the sense of evolution, incompetence and training can be i...

Congenital tricuspid incompetence.

Case Report A boy of four years was first referred to the school cardiac clinic on account of a murmur heard at a routine examination. He had had pneumonia a year previously. He had not yet begun to talk. On examination at that time there was no cyanosis. A loud systolic murmur, accompanied by a thrill, was heard at the apex. An orthodiagram of the heart shadow showed prominence of the right au...

Case of perforator incompetence.

Level 2: Duplex scanning of the left leg (May 1989) showed absence of the greater saphenous vein. The common femoral and profunda femoris veins were patent and competent. There was partial reca nalization of the superficial femoral and popliteal veins. The posterior tibial vein was also recanalized. No perforating veins were identified. Duplex scan Sep 1997: left superficial femoral and poplite...