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BACKGROUND Contemporary data are lacking on the prognostic importance of heart failure (HF) after myocardial infarction (MI). We evaluated the prognostic impact of HF post MI according to preserved/reduced ejection fraction and the timing of its occurrence. METHODS AND RESULTS All Olmsted County, Minnesota, residents (n=2596) with incident MI diagnosed in 1990 to 2010 and no prior HF were fol...

BACKGROUND Data are limited on the proportion of stroke patients nationally appropriate for thrombolysis either within the 3 h time window or the recently tested 4.5 h. This information is important for the redesign of services. METHODS Data on case mix, eligibility for thrombolysis, treatment and outcomes were extracted from the National Sentinel Stroke 2008 Audit dataset. This contains retr...

In recent years there has been an increasing interest in overprotective parenting and the potential role it plays in child development. While some have argued that a trend towards increased parental fear and reduced opportunity for independent mobility may be linked to increasing rates of child overweight and obesity, there is limited empirical information available to support this claim. Using...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Current Swedish guidelines recommend that carotid endarterectomy should be performed within 14 days of a qualifying neurological event, but it is not clear if very urgent surgery after an event is associated with increased perioperative risk. The aim of this study was to determine how the time between the event and carotid endarterectomy affects the procedural risk of mor...

BACKGROUND Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a frequent echocardiographic feature in Fabry disease (FD) and in severe cases may be confused with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) of other origin. The prevalence of FD in patients primarily diagnosed with HCM varies considerably in screening and case finding studies, respectively. In a significant proportion of patients, presenting with only ...

abstract background beta-thalassemia is a common hereditary hemoglobinopathy, which is a reason of microcytic hypochromic anemia. patients with major thalassemia require multiple blood transfusions. this study evaluated growth in thalassemic patient and relationship with ferritin level. materials and methods this is a cross sectional study on seventy patients (36 boys, 34girls) with transfusion...

conclusions although the high prevalence of health disorders was found among schoolchildren, these rates were lower than those of previous studies in other regions. results of the current study can help health policy makers to design educational programs concerning dental and public health interventions to deal with nutritional problems in children. materials and methods this cross-sectional st...