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Blunt traumatic cardiac rupture is rare and associated with high mortality. The most popular theory of cardiac rupture after blunt thoracic trauma is rapid deceleration with disruption of the atria from their connections to the vena cava and pulmonary veins. In cases with both massive hemothorax and hemopericardium, injury can usually originate from the heart and/or major vessels. Surgical appr...

BACKGROUND The rupture of the anterolateral papillary muscle is less common than the posteromedial papillary muscle since the anterolateral muscle has dual blood supplies, while the posteromedial papillary muscle has a single blood supply. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case report of a 42 year old male presenting with heart failure being diagnosed to have mitral regurgitation from the partia...

We compared the cardiac output measured by the transpulmonary aortic single indicator thermodilution method with that by the pulmonary artery catheterization in a patient with ventricular septal rupture after acute myocardial infarction. Though the former cardiac output was lower than the latter, in the presence of the ventricular septal rupture, the cardiac outputs were equal after the rupture...

This work is focused on the modification of interphase zone in short flax fibres / polypropylene (PP) composites by a bio-inspired called “nanostructuration” that uses adsorption biomass by-products, i.e. cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and xyloglucan (XG), to create hierarchical fibres. The wettability interfacial adhesion study reveals strong decrease polar character CNC modified fibres, hence i...

The cardiac microenvironment includes cardiomyocytes, fibroblasts and macrophages, which regulate remodeling after myocardial infarction (MI). Targeting this microenvironment is a novel therapeutic approach for MI. We found that the natural compound derivative, BIO ((2'Z,3'E)-6-Bromoindirubin-3'-oxime) modulated the cardiac microenvironment to exert a therapeutic effect on MI. Using a series of...

The occurrence of myocardial rupture was studied in a well defined unselected population of patients with acute myocardial infarction, and the group of patients who died of rupture of the heart were compared with two control groups. Of a total of 3960 patients, 1746 (44%) fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for acute myocardial infarction. Rupture was defined solely on the basis of the presence o...

The incidence of cardiac rupture complicating myocardial infarction has declined since the introduction of thrombolytic therapy. Despite the advances in the management of myocardial infarction, cardiac rupture remains an important cause of death among infarction-related fatalities. We discuss a patient who presented to our hospital with myocardial infarction and who subsequently developed a com...

The BIO 14.6 cardiomyopathic Syrian hamster is a well-known animal model of congestive cardiomyopathy. To evaluate the role of free radicals and antioxidant protection in the pathogenesis of cardiomyopathy in this animal, we studied the concentration of heart mitochondrial free radicals, the activities of glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx) and superoxide dismutase (SOD), and the effect of alpha-toc...