Current state-of-the-art care ensures that most patients with myocardial infarction (MI) survive the acute ischemic event. There is strong evidence that timely reperfusion therapy limits the loss of myocardium, preserves cardiac function, and improves survival. Conversely, delayed or insufficient tissue reperfusion results in prolonged ischemia and myocyte death. Necrotic cell death initiates t...

This report describes a husband and wife with acute posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who exhibited different subjective, psychophysiological, and neurobiological responses to traumatic script-driven imagery that caused them to reexperience their traumas. The couple, who had been trapped in their car during a serious motor vehicle accident, was assessed for responses to script-driven traumat...

I.S. Cohen and G.R. Gaudette (eds.), Regenerating the Heart, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, DOI 10.1007/978-1-61779-021-8_2, © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 Abstract Many forms of heart disease are associated with a decrease in the number of functional cardiomyocytes. These include congenital defects (e.g. hypoplastic and noncompaction syndromes) as well as acquired in...

Fuchsinophilic myocardial degeneration is described in 12 per cent of I69 patients dying of strokes, head injuries, brain tumours, and intracranial infection. This may have resulted from excessive secretion of catecholamines, after sympathetic stimulation, and three possible methods of preventing such damage are suggested. There is no evidence fro;n a study of the incidence of subendocardial ha...

TECHNIQUE For patients arriving in cardiopulmonary arrest, emergency department thoracotomy is indicated. For those patients arriving stable enough to be transported to the operating room, median sternotomy is the incision of choice. Penetrating injuries to the heart will inevitably cause bleeding of the myocardium, mandating repair to prevent cardiac tamponade. Suture repair of a cardiac lacer...

introduction fishing is a leisure activity for some people around the world. accidently the fish hook can get hooked in the hand. if the hook is barbed, removal becomes difficult. we report a case of such a injury in the hand and discuss the technique for its removal with a brief review of the literature. case presentation a thirty-two year old male accidently suffered a fishhook injury to his ...

conclusions a long-term longitudinal study encompassing integrated research is needed to fully understand the traumatic experiences of caregivers. unless research on tbi or dai trauma is given its proper attention, the burden of trauma and injury on societies will continue to exacerbate globally. context as with care giving and rehabilitation in chronic illnesses, the concern with traumatic bra...

conclusions epidemiologic studies in kabaddi are the need of the hour to assess the burden of this predominantly rural sport and to implement injury prevention programs. our study emphasises the morbidity of knee injuries in kabaddi players of india and the exacting toll it takes on their careers. results the mean duration prior to presentation was 14.4 months. majority of the injuries (88.16%)...

Background Heart transplantation (HTX) is an established life-saving treatment for patients with end-stage heart failure. However, several injuries can compromise cardiac allograft function over the years after HTX, i.e. organ rejection, transplant vasculopathy or infections which can lead to myocardial fibrosis, cardiac remodeling and ventricular dysfunction. Non-invasive late gadolinium contr...

Heart failure is a chronic, progressive disease in which the overexpression of biologically active molecules and neurohomonal activation are the key factors of the evolution and natural history. The apelin-APJ system is a newly discovered molecular pathway and the RAAS counterbalance is its principal effect. The apelin is a potent inotrope, vasodilator and diuretic with crucial cardioprotective...