Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510094
Unexplained Irreversible Sudden Termination of an Atypical Atrial Tachycardia for Atrial Fibrillation - What is the Mechanism?
Naoto Kino, Toshiya Kurotobi, Kazato Ito, Daisuke Tonomura, Kentaro Yano, Chiharu Tanaka and Yoshihisa Shimada
Article Type: Image Article | First Published: June 27, 2018
A 56-year-old woman without any significant past illnesses was suffering from frequent palpitations due to drug refractory paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). The findings from the chest X-ray, laboratory data including the thyroid hormone level, and echocardiography data including the left atrial diameter were within normal limits. Catheter ablation was performed in other hospitals, however, 5 ablation sessions were required to cure the AF in this case....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3690/1510032
Cerebral Hemodynamics Analysis by Doppler Ultrasound in Chronically Hypertensive Pregnant Women
FA do Vale, RAM de Sa, FC da Silva, CA de Oliveira and LGC Velarde
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: June 25, 2018
The reported prevalence of hypertension varies around the world. According to the World Health Organization, the percentage of the population aged 18 years and over with high blood pressure (systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90) in 2014 was 26.4% in males and 20.4% in females. Chronic hypertension is estimated to be present in 3% to 5% of pregnancies and is being encountered with increasing frequency....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5750/1510056
Lepromatous Leprosy Simulating Sweet Syndrome
Youssef Zemmez, Ahmed Bouhamidi, Salwa Belhabib, Rachid Frikh, Mohamed Boui and Naoufal Hjira
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 25, 2018
Leprosy or Hansen's disease is an infection by Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae), whose prevalence has considerably decreased since the application of the new anti-leprosy strategies advocated since 1982 by the World Health Organization (WHO). However, in the endemic countries several cases of leprosy are reported annually. We report a clinical case of lepromatous leprosy revealed by disseminated maculopapular lesions simulating a Sweet syndrome highlighting the importance of knowing how to evoke...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3286.1510037
Genetic Deletion of the Lipid Raft Protein Caveolin-1 Leads to Worsening Renal Fibrosis
S Chand, J Hazeldine, SW Smith and R Borrows
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: June 25, 2018
Renal disease is a major global public health issue. Renal interstitial fibrosis is the characteristic histopathological finding in all progressive renal disease. Caveolin-1 is the essential structural protein for lipid rafts called caveolae that are ubiquitously distributed among fibroblasts, endothelial and epithelial cells. Caveolin-1 acts as an intracellular signalling pathway chaperone in fibrotic disease....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-2951/1410120
Recurrent Prosthetic Thrombosis: About a Case
Blanca Alcon Duran
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 25, 2018
Bioprosthetic valve thrombosis (BPVT) is considered to be a rather unusual complication among this type of prosthesis. However, several recent data show the importance of a careful diagnosis and the adequate discrimination with respect to other possible complications, which may be the cause of an underestimation of its incidence. We present the case of a woman with biological prosthesis thrombosis after a mechanical prosthesis thrombosis....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3308.1510028
Partially Hydrolyzed Formulas: Do They Play Any Role in the Prevention of Atopic Dermatitis?
Carlos Alberto Sanchez Salguero and Alvaro Isidro Sanchez Chacon
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: June 25, 2018
Atopic Dermatitis (AD) is a chronic, recurrent, inflammatory skin disease with an immune mechanism. It appears in genetically predisposed children in whom hypersensitivity reactions to varied antigens (food, neumoalergens, bacterial proteins), release inflammatory mediators that lead to the development of eczematous skin lesions. It diagnosis is eminently clinical being the criteria of Hanifin-Rajka of 1980 the most used....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/iacvd-2017/1710006
Lipoprotein(a) and Atherosclerosis: A Case Report and Literature Review
Marc Lubitz and Vaskar Mukerji
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 25, 2018
A 61-year-old man presented with central chest and vague left shoulder pain precipitated by a brisk walk up a steep hill. His pain resolved with rest. He has never had this pain before and had no associated symptoms. He has no other medical problems. He is known to have three vessel coronary artery disease (CAD) based on two previous cardiac catheterizations. His initial catheterization was conducted to evaluate the cause reversibility on an exercise stress test using radioisotope technetium 99M...