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A 47 year old woman presented with melaena and haemodynamic instability. Preliminary investigations failed to locate the source of bleeding. At laparotomy an arteriovenous malformation was identified in the distal ileum. Histology revealed this to be of the Dieulafoy type. This is the first published case of a histologically proved ileal Dieulafoy lesion in an adult. (Postgrad Med J 2001;77:783...

IntroductionLittle is known about the use of newer generation's temporary mechanical circulatory (tMCS) device, Impella 5.5, in patients with restrictive cardiomyopathies.Case Report55-year old African-American male non-ischemic cardiomyopathy secondary to hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis and listed for heart transplantation, presented a right catheterization that showed increased biventric...

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T. Bodziony, N. Guskos, Z. Roslaniec, U. Narkiewicz, M. Kwiatkowska and M. Maryniak Institute of Physics, Szczecin University of Technology al. Piastów 17, 70-310 Szczecin, Poland Solid State Section, Department of Physics, University of Athens Panepistimiopolis, 15 784, Greece Institute of Material Engineering, Szczecin University of Technology al. Piastów 17, 70-310 Szczecin, Poland Departmen...