OBJECTIVE The surgical treatment of permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) continues to be a clinical challenge. Increased left atrial (LA) wall tension affected by LA wall thickness and volume has been associated with poor restoration of sinus rhythm after the Maze procedure. This study was designed to investigate the impact of conversion rates to sinus rhythm using LA wall tension reduction techn...

A multi-jurisdiction case control study was conducted after an increase of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 135 notifications (a local designated subgroup) was observed throughout Australia. Hypothesis generating interviews conducted in three jurisdictions identified consumption of chicken, eggs, beef and bagged carrots as common among cases and that a high proportion of cases (> 80%) reported...

A rare condition, which generally occurs in young adults and may, simulate coronary disease, is discussed. The patients are afebrile, with low blood pressures, fast weak pulses and marked irregularities in cardiac rhythm. They are unresponsive to therapy and may survive initial attacks only to succumb to a recurrence. In the portions of the endocardium uninvolved by mural thrombi, there is mark...

It is well known that the alpha rhythm is the most common component of the brain's electrical activity, the electroencephalogram (EEG), which can be recorded in a healthy awake adult human. This, it seems, is the only fact about alpha rhythm that we can be sure about. Is alpha activity a single alpha rhythm (as is classically described), or are there many oscillations at alpha frequencies in th...

The $\beta$ decay of the neutron-rich $^{134}$In and $^{135}$In was investigated experimentally in order to provide new insights into nuclear structure tin isotopes with magic proton number $Z=50$ above $N=82$ shell. $\beta$-delayed $\gamma$-ray spectroscopy measurement performed at ISOLDE facility CERN, where indium were selectively laser-ionized on-line mass separated. Three $\beta$-decay bra...