In this paper, under the name of peri-partum myocardial failure, 23 cases of idiopathic heart failure linked with maternity are described. We appraise the nature of this link. Priority in describing a syndrome of heart failure connected with childbearing may be given to the independent reports of Gouley et al., and of Hull and Hafkesbring, both in 1937, despite the claims made for Virchow (1870...

High-throughput RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) provides a comprehensive picture of the transcriptome, including the identity, structure, quantity, and variability of expressed transcripts in cells, through the assembly of sequenced short RNA-seq reads. Although the reference-based approach guarantees the high quality of the resulting transcriptome, this approach is only applicable when the relevant r...

Joel T Levis, MD, PhD, FACEP, FAAEM, is a Senior Emergency Physician at the Santa Clara Medical Center, and Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine (Surgery) at Stanford University. He is the Medical Director for the Foothill College Paramedic Program in Los Altos, CA. E-mail: [email protected]. Danny L Sam, MD, FACP, is a Senior Internal Medicine Physician, Director of Graduate Medical Educa...