A 27-year-old man was admitted from prison because of acute psychosis. He was convinced of being part of a conspiracy system, he was not adequate in time and place, but there were no optical or auditory hallucinations. In his medical history there was a fracture of the right fourth finger, there was no positive family history for hypertension or cancer, he was not under any medical treatment, h...

BACKGROUND A paucity of data exists regarding the prevalence and relationship of hypomagnesaemia with clinical symptoms of mitral valve prolapse (MVP) in pediatric patients. OBJECTIVE In this study we evaluated the prevalence of magnesium (Mg) deficiency in pediatric patients with MVP syndrome and attempted to clarify the effect of Mg therapy on alleviating their symptoms. METHODS The prese...

BACKGROUND This retrospective study aimed to investigate the diagnostic relation between the mean platelet volume (MPV) and supraventricular tachyarrhythmia (SVT) in patient with documented atrial tachyarrhythmia in the emergency department (ED). METHODS Two study groups were compared; a SVT group with arrive at the ED with documented SVT (n=122) and 100 healthy adult without any palpitation ...

Electrophysiological studies were performed in eight patients (four men and four women, mean (SD) age 24 (5) years with paroxysmal attacks of palpitation during or immediately after exercise. Five patients were competitive athletes at college. In two patients spontaneous supraventricular tachycardia during exercise was recorded by ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring and in another it was...

In this monograph the author sets out the conclusions of an investigation into the significance of such symptoms as left mammary pain, sighing respiration and palpitation, ' le trepied' of Gallavardin. Dr. Baker has endeavoured to determine their significance and importance, whether any one of the three could be associated with organic disease, and to evolve a syndrome which would allow cases w...

BACKGROUND Temperament or mezaj refers to four different humors differentiating in individuals and, as a result, proposes specific therapy for their diseases. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to overview the scientific correlation between temperaments in Unani medicine and diseases. METHODS This study was carried out from March 2015 to February 2016. A computerized search of published ar...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Frequent ventricular premature complexes (VPCs) increase the risk of cardiomyopathy (CMP). However, most data regarding VPCs have been obtained from Western population and in-hospital patient-based studies. The objective of this study was to define the clinical characteristics and features of idiopathic VPCs in the Korean population. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We investiga...

BACKGROUND Medically unexplained dyspnea (MUD) refers to a condition characterized by a sensation of dyspnea and is typically applied to patients presenting with anxiety and hyperventilation without cardiopulmonary explanations for their dyspnea. The diagnosis is difficult. We investigated whether descriptors of dyspnea and associated symptoms of MUD are differentially diagnostic. METHODS A r...