1. Diagnosis and evaluation of ischemic heart disease 1) angina pectoris a) evaluation by resting and exercise images 2) acute myocardial infarction a) diagnosis during the hyperacute phase including selection of patients fbr CCU b) diagnosis with coexisting abnormal ventricular activation such as LBBB, WPW-syndrome and pacemaker rhYthm c) preciselocalizationofinfarction d) estimationofinfarcts...

Upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) has been observed in a number of tortoise species, including the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). Clinical signs of URTD in gopher tortoises are similar to those in desert tortoises and include serous, mucoid, or purulent discharge from the nares, excessive tearing to purulent ocular discharge, conjunctivi...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular diseases such as acute coronary syndrome and myocardial infarction are often accompanied by severe anxiety over the likelihood of death. Cortisol has been known as a stress hormone. However, there are controversies about the effect of massage therapy on blood cortisol level. Furthermore, no study is available on the difference between massage applied by a nurse special...

Introduction / objectives Tracheobronchial tree colonization is considered an important risk factor for the development of ventilatorassociated pneumonia (VAP). The aim of the present study was to examine microbiologically the respiratory tract flora of mechanically ventilated patients hospitalized in the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of our institution for the detection of colonization with importa...

(1) Over 15 months, 532 consecutive admissions to the CCU at the Radcliffe Oxford were studied; of these 333 were cases of myocardial infarction, and 319 were first admissions for this condition. Information about survival and return to work was collected for 300. A further 30 had artificial pacemakers inserted; there were 141 (26%) of the 532 cases which did not require the special care offere...

OBJECTIVES This study analyzed age-adjusted sex differences among acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients aged 75 years and above with regard to 7-year mortality (primary end point) and the frequency of angiograms and admission to the coronary care unit (CCU) as well as 1-year mortality (secondary end points). METHODS A retrospective cohort study comprised 1,414 AMI patients (748 females a...

Background & Aims: This study was carried out to assess the effect of opium addiction on the incidence of different types of arrhythmias after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Methods: The study population consisted of 200 patients with first AMI admitted within 6 hours of the onset of chest pain to the coronary care units (CCU) of two hospitals affiliated to Kerman University of Medical Scie...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of swallowing dysfunction in nonneurologic critically ill patients who require percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) for prolonged mechanical ventilation (MV) and to compare the duration of the cannulation period and length of stay in the critical care unit (CCU) in patients with and without swallowing dysfunction. METHODS...

AIM To evaluate the prevalence of Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome (SAHS) in patients who were admitted with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) and the clinical predictors of SAHS in patients with ACS and to compare the results of the simple sleep test (SST) with polysomnography (PSG). METHODS This was a prospective study that included patients who were admitted to the...