Chronic coronary artery disease: diagnosis and management.

abstract：:Four patients with infective endocarditis caused by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans are reported. The clinical course was characterized by chronicity. Three of the four patients were treated with combined penicillin and aminoglycoside therapy on an empiric basis; the fourth patient was given ampicillin alone for ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Geraci JE,Wilson WR,Washington JA 2nd

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the influence of referral bias on complication rates after vaginal hysterectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Community-based (local) and referral patients had benign indications and underwent vaginal hysterectomy from January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2005. We retrospectively evaluated patient charac...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Heisler CA,Melton LJ 3rd,Weaver AL,Gebhart JB

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased frequency of prenatal ultrasonography has resulted in an increase in the detection of fetal genitourinary abnormalities, many of which are of minimal clinical significance. Severe fetal urinary tract obstruction with associated oligohydramnios results in a recognizable constellation of physical findings,...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Gloor JM

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the hypothesis that an increasing intake of alcohol accelerates the course of chronic pancreatitis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In this retrospective record analysis and subsequent prospective follow-up of 372 patients with chronic pancreatitis, we separately compared the clinical course of chronic p...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Lankisch MR,Imoto M,Layer P,DiMagno EP

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that chromosomal rearrangements (CRs) can distinguish low risk of progression (LRP) from intermediate and high risk of progression (IHRP) to prostate cancer (PCa) and if these CRs have the potential to identify men with LRP on needle biopsy that harbor IHRP PCa in the prostate gland. P...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Vasmatzis G,Kosari F,Murphy SJ,Terra S,Kovtun IV,Harris FR,Zarei S,Smadbeck JB,Johnson SH,Gaitatzes AG,Therneau TM,Rangel LJ,Knudson RA,Greipp P,Sukov WR,Knutson DL,Kloft-Nelson SM,Karnes RJ,Cheville JC

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 87-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of nervousness, tremor, insomnia, and fatigue of 2 months' duration. Initial laboratory evaluation revealed a suppressed thyrotropin level and an elevated triiodothyronine level. A review of her medications revealed that she had started taking several dietary supplement...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Bauer BA,Elkin PL,Erickson D,Klee GG,Brennan MD

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the relationship of ideal cardiovascular health to disease-specific death. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We used data from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study from October 9, 1987, to March 3, 1999, to estimate the prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health in 11,993 individuals (24.3% women) and to exam...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Artero EG,España-Romero V,Lee DC,Sui X,Church TS,Lavie CJ,Blair SN

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine current therapeutic modalities for acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) in adults, analyze prognostic variables, and offer treatment recommendations. DESIGN:We reviewed our experience with 90 adult patients with ALL examined at the Mayo Clinic between 1982 and 1992 and used it as a background for disc...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Ho TC,Tefferi A,Su JQ,Litzow MR,Hoagland HC,Noël P

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prospective data and follow-up information were collected on the initial 200 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the Mayo Clinic. The operation was completed laparoscopically in all but five patients, who required conversion to laparotomy because of dense scarring or stones in the common bile duct. ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Donohue JH,Farnell MB,Grant CS,van Heerden JA,Wahlstrom HE,Sarr MG,Weaver AL,Ilstrup DM

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical and bioprosthetic mitral prostheses may have many potential complications. In patients with isolated mitral stenosis and a small left ventricular cavity, low-profile prostheses are recommended to avoid myocardial impingement that can result from a high-profile valve and lead to possible left ventricular inf...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Currie PJ,Seward JB,Lam JB,Gersh BJ,Pluth JR

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable morbidity and mortality are associated with infections of vascular prosthetic grafts. Most vascular surgeons believe that once vascular prosthetic graft infections occur, any form of therapy short of removal of the prosthesis will fail. Although recent reports have noted the successful conservative treatm...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Knight CD Jr,Farnell MB,Hollier LH

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between physical activity (PA) and risk of mortality in a large middle-aged cohort stratified by inflammatory status. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 336,560 individuals (mean age, 39.7 years; 58% male) who underwent comprehensive health screenings were enrolled in this prospec...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Lee JY,Ryu S,Cheong E,Sung KC

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health-care organizations have recognized the need to prepare physicians for various leadership and management positions within their own institutions. In the past, those who desired further education had to search beyond the boundaries of their practice to fulfill this need. The demands of a dynamic and changing heal...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Scott HM,Tangalos EG,Blomberg RA,Bender CE

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reports in the popular press have suggested that exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES) is followed by an abnormally high incidence of breast cancer. The reports were based on a reanalysis of data not considered ominous originally; and both data and analyses are summarized here. In addition, new data are presented on mo...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Brian DD,Tilley BC,Labarthe DR,O'Fallon WM,Noller KL,Kurland LT

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum cystatin C has been proposed as a kidney biomarker to inform drug dosing. We conducted a systematic review to synthesize available data for the association between serum cystatin C and drug pharmacokinetics, dosing, and clinical outcomes in adults (≥18 years). PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid EMBASE, EBSCO CINAHL, and...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Barreto EF,Rule AD,Murad MH,Kashani KB,Lieske JC,Erwin PJ,Steckelberg JM,Gajic O,Reid JM,Kane-Gill SL

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of epinephrine on the QT interval in patients with genotyped long QT syndrome (LQTS). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between May 1999 and April 2001, 37 patients (24 females) with genotyped LQTS (19 LQT1, 15 LQT2, 3 LQT3, mean age, 27 years; range, 10-53 years) from 21 different kindreds and 27...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Ackerman MJ,Khositseth A,Tester DJ,Hejlik JB,Shen WK,Porter CB

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five patients with a diagnosis of pure ovarian dysgerminoma underwent assessment at our institution between 1950 and 1984. The median age of these patients was 21 years (range, 8 to 41 years). The surgical pathologic stages of the tumors were as follows: stage IA1 in 18 patients, stage IA2 in 2, stage IB1 in 2,...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Buskirk SJ,Schray MF,Podratz KC,Lee RA,Stanhope CR,Gaffey TA,Weber FC,Earle JD,Naessens JM,Malkasian GD

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine how often patients with renal artery stenosis (RAS) managed without revascularization progress to accelerated hypertension and/or renal failure. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We examined the outcomes of 68 patients (mean +/- SEM age, 71.8 +/- 0.9 years) with high-grade (>70%) RAS identified between 1989 ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Chábová V,Schirger A,Stanson AW,McKusick MA,Textor SC

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six insulin-requiring chronically hyperglycemic diabetic patients underwent glucose control for 72 hours with an artificial endocrine pancreas, the Biostator Glucose Controller. Euglycemia was within 4 hours and was maintained (110 leads to 2 mg/dl) thereafter. The concentration of hemoglobin A (HbA) was elevated, at ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Service FJ,Fairbanks VF,Rizza RA

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giant cell myocarditis (GCM) is a rare and frequently fatal disorder with no proven treatment. Case reports and data from a rat model of GCM suggest that immunosuppressive therapy directed against T lymphocytes may have clinical benefit. We describe a 47-year-old man with severe acute heart failure due to GCM in whom ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Menghini VV,Savcenko V,Olson LJ,Tazelaar HD,Dec GW,Kao A,Cooper LT Jr

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of inguinal hernia with massive scrotal enlargement is presented. Walking and voiding had become extremely difficult for the patient; only one testicle could be palpated, and the penis could not be delivered from the scrotal mass. Surgical reduction of the massive hernia was accomplished. The right testis with ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Hodgkinson DJ,McIlrath DC

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People with hypertension have a high prevalence of insulin resistance and are at relatively high risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is becoming increasingly evident that antihypertensive agents have disparate metabolic effects. For example, recent clinical trials indicate that agents that interrupt the re...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Stump CS,Hamilton MT,Sowers JR

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The monoclonal gammopathies are a group of disorders characterized by proliferation of a single clone of plasma cells that produce a homogeneous, monoclonal (M) protein. The structure of immunoglobulins, relationship of normal (polyclonal) immunoglobulins to myeloma and macroglobulin (monoclonal) immunoglobulins, patt...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Kyle RA,Greipp PR

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the prognostic impact of Holter findings in patients with light chain amyloidosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We evaluated 239 patients in whom light chain amyloidosis was diagnosed from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2015, who underwent 24-hour Holter monitoring. RESULTS:Holter testing was don...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Sidana S,Tandon N,Brady PA,Grogan M,Gertz MA,Dispenzieri A,Lin G,Dingli D,Buadi FK,Lacy MQ,Kapoor P,Gonsalves WI,Muchtar E,Warsame R,Kumar SK,Kourelis TV

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured cardiopulmonary function at rest and during exercise in 15 healthy survivors of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and compared the results with those in 15 normal subjects. The mean birth weight of the RDS group was 1,771 g, and 12 of the 15 patients had required endotracheal intubation. The oxy...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Driscoll DJ,Kleinberg F,Heise CT,Staats BA

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy and its role in the management of a nodular goiter are clearly established. The accuracy of cytologic diagnosis approaches 95%. FINDINGS:FNA biopsy is a reasonable approach to thyroid nodules; it has decreased costs substantially because it facilitates sel...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Gharib H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clopidogrel bisulfate, a widely used inhibitor of platelet aggregation, is considered at least as safe as aspirin. We describe a patient who developed a systemic inflammatory response syndrome consisting of high fever, tachycardia, cellulitis-like rash, impaired liver function, and mild leukopenia after receiving clop...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Wolf I,Mouallem M,Rath S,Farfel Z

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy and tolerability of weekly oral cyclophosphamide in combination with alternate-day prednisone (CP) as salvage therapy for patients with relapsed multiple myeloma (MM) after autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the medical records...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Trieu Y,Trudel S,Pond GR,Mikhael J,Jaksic W,Reece DE,Chen CI,Stewart AK

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish prognostic factors for recurrence and outcome of surgical treatment, with or without postoperative radiation therapy, in patients with meningiomas. MATERIAL AND METHODS:From 1978 through 1988, 581 patients underwent initial resection of a previously untreated primary meningioma at Mayo Clinic Ro...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Stafford SL,Perry A,Suman VJ,Meyer FB,Scheithauer BW,Lohse CM,Shaw EG

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 51 patients with type 1 and 9 patients with type 2 membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, we found a male predominance in both types, a wide age range but with younger patients having predominantly type 2 disease, and clinical presentations that varied and included the nephrotic syndrome, an abnormal urinalysis ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Donadio JV Jr,Slack TK,Holley KE,Ilstrup DM

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00