Innocent Praecordial Murmurs in Children H. A. Fleming, F.R.C.P ................... 270 Cervical Cone Biopsy and Fertility M. M. Boddington, M.R.C.PATH., and A. I. Spriggs, F.R.C.P ......................... 271 Cervical Injury and Prostaglandins I. L. Craft, M.R.C.O.G., and E. Youssefnejadian, PH.D ............................. 271 Meningococcal Disease R. J. Fallon, F.R.C.PATH.; R. B. McGucken...

Maize plants (Zea mays) attacked by caterpillars release a mixture of odorous compounds that attract parasitic wasps, natural enemies of the herbivores. We assessed the genetic variability of these induced volatile emissions among 31 maize inbred lines representing a broad range of genetic diversity used by breeders in Europe and North America. Odors were collected from young plants that had be...

Kinking or buckling of the aorta is uncommon. The combination of a kinked aorta with severe calcific aortic valve stenosis is very unusual. The importance of recognizing kinking of the aorta lies in the fact that it can mimic other more serious conditions, such as a mediastinal tumour, aortic aneurysm, or coarctation. One of the earliest cases reported was diagnosed as Hodgkin's disease of the ...

BACKGROUND Mean systolic blood pressure in apparently healthy cats has been reported as approximately 125 mmHg using direct assessment, but there is greater variability in reported values using indirect assessment. Increasing age and the white-coat effect are associated with increased systolic blood pressure. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES To report Doppler-derived blood pressure measurements from a l...

Myxoma is a benign primary cardiac tumour, mostly located in the left atrial. A 43 years old woman was referred with difficulty of breathing for 3 months. The patients also complained about weakness, swollen legs, enlarged abdomen, and blood-tinged cough. patient appeared weak blood pressure 80/50 mmHg grade III/IV systolic diastolic murmurs were found. Transthoracic echocardiography pathology ...

It is sometimes difficult to differentiate between innocent murmurs and pathological murmurs during auscultation. In these difficult cases, an intelligent stethoscope with decision support abilities would be of great value. In this study, using a dog model, phonocardiographic recordings were obtained from 27 boxer dogs with various degrees of aortic stenosis (AS) severity. As a reference for se...

Background & aim: Congenital heart disease is one of the most common malformations at birth that require timely recognition and treatment. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and etiology of detected heart murmurs and association between congenital heart disease and heart murmurs. Recognition of murmurs etiology would help us to manage and treat them properly. Methods: In this...

Heart murmurs are a common finding during physical examination of children but most of them are innocent or normal.recognizing the etiology of heart murmurs can help us in differential diagnosis of them.the peresent study was undertaken to determine the prevalence and etiology of heart murmurs  in 4761 school children.the sex ratio was nearly 1:1 ,murmurs were heard in 459 students (9.64%) with...

background: determining the clinical significance of cardiac murmurs is widely considered in equine practice. pulmonary murmurs are commonly detected in athletic horses. echocardiography plays a leading role in assessment of these murmurs. objectives: echocardiographic evaluation of horses with pulmonary regurgitation and determining the importance of pulmonary valve murmurs. methods: a total n...

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