Myocardial rupture is an uncommon complication of myocardial infarction, often with devastating haemodynamic consequences. Although rupture is usually fatal, when patients do survive, the majority present with a pseudoaneurysm in which the rupture is sealed by a haematoma on the epicardial surface of the heart. Cases in which all myocardial layers are dissected except the epicardium or visceral...

Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) is an uncommon anomaly of the aorta. Rupture of SVA often precipitates dramatic clinical complications, including heart failures. Right SVAs are the most common type, and when they rupture, they usually rupture into the right ventricle or right atrium. Rupture into left ventricle or interventricular septum is rare. Herein, we report a case of right SVA rupture w...

Obstetical Hiwstory. The mother, aged 28 years, gave a history of two miscarriages about the eighth and tenth weeks of pregnancy in 1947 and 1951. During the present pregnancy she had been attending the ante-natal clinic and her general condition was considered satisfactory but, on June 12, 1952, about the thirty-ninth week of prenancy, she was admitted to hospital on account of pitting oedema ...

of ongoing plaque rupture and as a warning of possible heart attack in the near future. validated in an independent cohort, the new work suggests that tell-tale CECs may be useful in the clinic as evidence disease (narrowing of arteries in the legs and feet). Although the study must be conducted in more patients and ECs with larger cellular and nuclear areas, relative to age-matched controls an...

background: preterm premature rupture of membranes (pprom) occurs in 3% of pregnancies and 30-40% of preterm labors are related to this problem. early diagnosis of pprom is very important due to its impact on pregnancy outcomes. objective: to determine the diagnostic value of aspartate aminotransferase (ast) and alanine aminotransferase (alt) levels in vaginal fluid for the diagnosis of preterm...