BACKGROUND Regional left ventricular (LV) diastolic wall motion abnormalities detected by color kinesis (CK), an echocardiographic technique, may be a more sensitive measure to postischemic damage following coronary spasm than parameters of global diastolic function. METHODS AND RESULTS Regional LV diastolic wall motion was evaluated by using CK in 18 patients with variant angina on the day f...

conclusions in conclusion, the results of our study showed that the major viral pathogens that caused infantile diarrhea in zabol city were rotaviruses followed by adenoviruses and noroviruses. the results of our study can useful for prosperous control of infantile diarrhea. background viruses are one of the major reasons of gastrointestinal disease worldwide, and commonly infect children less ...

Background & Importance: Primary hemifacial spasm is usually caused by microvascular compression of the facial nerve at its root exit zone at brainstem without any space-occupying pathology. Secondary or so-called symptomatic hemifacial spasm has an additional underlying pathology e.g. tumors leading to the microvascular compression. We review and discuss the pathophysiology and the literature ...

A 42-year-old male admitted with a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction was referred for invasive angiographic assessment. Based on preprocedural assessment, the right radial artery approach was selected. Despite possessing none of the consensus risk factors for radial artery spasm, in addition to receiving standard arterial spasm prophylaxis and conscious sedation, the patient suffered very ...

Correspondence: Chang-Yong Tsao 700 Children’s Dr Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA Tel +1 614-722-4691 Fax +1 614-722-4633 email changyong.tsao@ nationwidechildrens.org Abstract: Infantile spasms are an epilepsy syndrome with distinctive features, including age onset during infancy, characteristic epileptic spasms, and specific electroencephalographic patterns (interictal hypsarrhythmia and ictal volt...

Infantile spasms are an epilepsy syndrome with distinctive features, including age onset during infancy, characteristic epileptic spasms, and specific electroencephalographic patterns (interictal hypsarrhythmia and ictal voltage suppression). Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) was first employed to treat infantile spasms in 1958, and since then it has been tried in prospective and retrospective...