Acute coronary syndrome is a form of coronary artery disease, which has a broad range of clinical presentations. Generally, patients with acute coronary syndrome are categorized as having ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, or unstable angina. The findings on the 12-lead electrocardiogram and other information from a thorough history and c...

A 30-year-old man visited the emergency room for chest pain, dyspnea and fever. Despite increased serum cardiac enzymes, ST segment elevation and inferior wall akinesis in electrocardiography and echocardiography, no atherosclerosis was evident in the coronary angiography. However, radionuclide myocardial perfusion image at day 2 showed a persistent perfusion defect in the left ventricular (LV)...

In order to determine the contribution of alpha-thalassemia to microcytosis and hypochromia, 339 adult outpatients seen at Unicamp University Hospital (with the exception of the Clinical Hematology outpatient clinics), who showed normal hemoglobin (Hb) levels and reduced mean corpuscular volume and mean corpuscular hemoglobin, were analyzed. Ninety-eight were Blacks (28.9%) and 241 were Caucasi...

The current approach to the treatment of amblyopia is problematic for a number of reasons. First, it promotes recovery of monocular vision but because it is not designed to promote binocularity, its binocular outcomes often are disappointing. Second, compliance is poor and variable. Third, the effectiveness of the treatment is thought to decrease with increasing age. We discuss 2 new approaches...

Two experiments were conducted to explore Gillam and Borsting's (1988, Perception 17 603-608) report that uncorrelated monocular texture facilitates stereopsis by shortening the latency to see depth in random-dot stereograms. Experiment 1 used stereograms similar, in pattern but not disparity, to Gillam and Borsting's with monocular texture present or absent. A third condition, where monocular ...

Low-grade inflammation is often present in people living with obesity. Inflammation can impact iron uptake and metabolism through elevation of hepcidin levels. Obesity a major public health issue globally, pregnant women affected by the condition. Maternal obesity associated increased pregnancy risks including deficiency (ID) iron-deficiency anaemia (IDA)—conditions already highly prevalent the...