Cardiac arrest related to coronary spasm in patients with variant angina: a three-case study.

abstract：:Neutrophil granules store proteins that are critically important for the neutrophil to move from the vascular bed to tissues and to kill microorganisms. This is illustrated in nature when individual proteins are deleted due to inherited mutations of their cognate genes, and such deficiencies result in the conditions l...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Häger M,Cowland JB,Borregaard N

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac pheochromocytoma is a rare tumour and may be difficult to localize. We present a 32-year-old male with a cardiac pheochromocytoma that was successfully resected. An initial unenhanced CT did not reveal the tumour. MIBG-scintigraphy indicated the location, but to get full information, a dynamic contrast-enhance...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Jönsson A,Hallengren B,Manhem P,Lilja B,Stavenow L,Ståhl E,Törnquist C

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is a silent chronic vascular pathology that is the cause of the majority of cardiovascular ischaemic events. The evolution of vascular disease involves a combination of endothelial dysfunction, extensive lipid deposition in the intima, exacerbated innate and adaptive immune responses, proliferation of ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Badimon L,Vilahur G

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As our understanding of the molecular mechanisms governing natural killer (NK) cell activity increases, their potential in cancer immunotherapy is growing increasingly prominent. This review analyses the currently available preclinical and clinical data regarding NK cell-based immunotherapeutic approaches in cancer st...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Sutlu T,Alici E

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 59-year-old male patient presented with invalidating osteomalacia of 2.5 years' duration. The osteomalacia was caused by severe malabsorption due to gluten-sensitive enteropathy (GSE). There were no other signs or symptoms of GSE in this patient. Clinical presentation with monosymptomatic osteomalacia is very unusua...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： De Boer WA,Tytgat GN

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Biomarkers have emerged as interesting predictors of risk in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes (non-ST ACS). The aim of this study was to define the utility of the combined measurement of troponin T (TnT), C-reactive protein (CRP), NT pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT pro-BNP) and D-dimer as biomar...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Tello-Montoliu A,Marín F,Roldán V,Mainar L,López MT,Sogorb F,Vicente V,Lip GY

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on the determinants of longevity in the industrialized world, with emphasis on results from recently established data bases. Strong evidence is now available that demonstrates that in developed countries the maximum lifespan as well as the mean lifespan have increased substantially over the past ce...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Christensen K,Vaupel JW

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the feasibility and efficacy of a multifactorial intervention programme directed towards hypercholesterolaemia, smoking, and diabetes mellitus in treated hypertensive patients after more than 3 years' follow-up and to describe the incidence of cardiovascular complications. DESIGN:Open, randomized,...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Agewall S,Wikstrand J,Samuelsson O,Persson B,Andersson OK,Fagerberg B

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a method to evaluate routine management practices concerning lipid-lowering treatment in patients with ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in a large geographic area. DESIGN:A register-based study linking information on IHD with cholesterol levels and prescriptions on lipid-lowering medications by perso...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Kanstrup H,Lassen JF,Heickendorff L,Lauritzen T,Larsen ML

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare family physicians' reported practice habits on hypertension in Sweden and Minnesota, and to assess to what extent different national guidelines account for differences. DESIGN:Random samples of family physicians were selected for telephone interviews on their practice of hypertension. SETTING:Pr...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Troein M,Arneson T,Råstam L,Pirie PL,Selander S,Luepker RV

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Few studies have simultaneously analysed the influence of elevated serum uric acid (UA) on acute myocardial infarction (AMI), ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke (IS, HS) and congestive heart failure (CHF) in large healthy populations. We, here, examine UA as a risk factor for AMI, stroke and CHF by age and ge...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Holme I,Aastveit AH,Hammar N,Jungner I,Walldius G

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:In the past two decades, an increasing number of nationwide, Swedish Healthcare Quality Registries (QRs) focusing on specific disorders have been initiated, mostly by physicians. Here, we describe the purpose, organization, variables, coverage and completeness of 103 Swedish QRs. METHODS:From...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Emilsson L,Lindahl B,Köster M,Lambe M,Ludvigsson JF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study is an on-going multicentre study of atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and young adults. We have collected risk factor data in the 21-year follow-up performed in 2001. The aims of this analysis were to examine the levels, secular trends and east-west d...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Juonala M,Viikari JS,Hutri-Kähönen N,Pietikäinen M,Jokinen E,Taittonen L,Marniemi J,Rönnemaa T,Raitakari OT

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the frequency of the common Finnish and Norwegian mutations in the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor gene in Swedish patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH), and to start screening for other mutations in these patients. In contrast to the situation in Norway and Finland, where the f...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Lind S,Eriksson M,Rystedt E,Wiklund O,Angelin B,Eggertsen G

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV) exhibit mild or severe neurological problems, termed HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND), even when receiving antiretroviral therapy. Thus, novel adjunctive therapies must be developed to overcome the neurotoxic effect of HIV. New therap...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Avdoshina V,Bachis A,Mocchetti I

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of thorough examination of the case history as a diagnostic tool on hospitalization of patients with suspected myocardial infarction was investigated in three independent prospective studies. Use of a limited number of pain-related elements (= 'criteria'), that had already been obtained in the emergency room...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Jonsbu J,Rollag A,Aase O,Lippestad CT,Arnesen KE,Erikssen J,Koss A

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) was determined in a population survey in Mauritius where the prevalence of non-insulin dependent diabetes and mortality from CHD are amongst the highest in the world. Men and women aged 35-74 years of all major ethnic groups were included: Asian Indians (Hindus and Muslim...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Tuomilehto J,Li N,Dowse G,Gareeboo H,Chitson P,Fareed D,Min Z,Alberti KG,Zimmet P

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study was to define the phenotype in three families with mild haemophilia A and to determine restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP), which could support a hypothesis of a common progenitor of the families. DESIGN:Family survey. SETTING:Index cases were identified in and outside hos...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Jensson O,Stenbjerg Bernvil S,Jónsdóttir S,Ingerslev J

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:There is firm evidence of a relation between type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and increased risks of cancer at various sites, but it is still unclear how different antihyperglycaemic therapies modify site-specific cancer risks. The aim of this study was to provide a complete characterization of all possible associations betw...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Kautzky-Willer A,Thurner S,Klimek P

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum creatine kinase (CK) is an important adjunct in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction or in monitoring for the side-effects of drugs. We report elevation of CK in patients with untreated heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) with no evidence of myocardial infarction. Of a group of 30 patients, 60% ha...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Bhatnagar D,Durrington PN,Neary R,Miller JP

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Splenectomy is accompanied by a life-long risk of overwhelming postsplenectomy infection (OPSI), mainly caused by polysaccharide (PS) encapsulated bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae. Despite extensive prophylactic efforts the mortality and morbidity rates remain high. The present study was based on a ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Landgren O,Björkholm M,Konradsen HB,Söderqvist M,Nilsson B,Gustavsson A,Axdorph U,Kalin M,Grimfors G

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the prophylactic efficacy of aspirin and a high-dose antioxidant vitamin combination in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in terms of reduction of the risk of a first vascular event (myocardial infarction, stroke, vascular death) and critical limb ischaemia. DESIGN:Randomized, placebo...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Critical Leg Ischaemia Prevention Study (CLIPS) Group.,Catalano M,Born G,Peto R

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ground-breaking discovery of genotype-phenotype relationships in hereditary medullary thyroid cancer has greatly facilitated early prophylactic thyroidectomy. Its timing depends not solely on a positive gene test but, more importantly, on the type of the REarranged during Transfection (RET) mutation and its underl...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Machens A,Lorenz K,Dralle H

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction the pathophysiologic and prognostic value of serum C-reactive protein is not well defined. This study assessed the association between serum C-reactive protein levels on admission and mortality in patients admitted because of acute myocardial infarction....

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Nikfardjam M,Müllner M,Schreiber W,Oschatz E,Exner M,Domanovits H,Laggner AN,Huber K

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The syndrome defined as "idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia' (ICL) is a rare disease of unknown aetiology, often associated with severe depression of immune defences and the occurrence of opportunistic infections. A case is reported wherein a severe immunodeficiency syndrome with persistent idiopathic CD4+ lymphopenia dev...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Bordin G,Ballaré M,Paglino S,Ravanini P,Dulio D,Malosso MC,Boldorini R,Monteverde A

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular filling pattern was assessed by pulsed Doppler echocardiography at rest and during handgrip exercise in 33 healthy middle-aged subjects. The peak mitral flow-velocities during the early rapid filling phase (E) and during late (atrial) filling (A) were measured and the ratio of these peak flow-velociti...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Airaksinen KE,Ikäheimo MJ,Huikuri HV,Koistinen MJ,Linnaluoto M,Takkunen JT

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The success of antiretroviral therapy in treating HIV infection has greatly prolonged life expectancy in affected individuals, transforming the disease into a chronic condition. A number of HIV-associated non-AIDS comorbidities have emerged in the ageing HIV-infected population, including osteoporosis and increased ri...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Compston J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mitochondrion, inherited defects have been identified in the electron transport system by which ATP is formed, as well as in the transport and metabolism of fuels. Clinical findings in diseases due to these defects can be related to abnormal accumulations of metabolic intermediates and inadequate or inefficient...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Luft R,Landau BR

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen patients with mild to moderate hypertension, as indicated by a diastolic blood pressure (DPB) of 95-115 mmHg (WHO I), were treated in a randomized, double-blind, parallel study, with either 5 mg of fosinopril, a new phosphinic acid-containing angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, or 25 mg of hydroch...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Forslund T,Franzén P,Backman R

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A pooled analysis of randomized trials has shown that oral anticoagulation therapy reduces the risk of ischaemic stroke with 68% in patients with atrial fibrillation. We examined the effectiveness of oral anticoagulation on risk of stroke of any nature (fatal and nonfatal ischaemic and/or haemorrhagic stroke...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Frost L,Johnsen SP,Pedersen L,Toft E,Husted S,Sørensen HT

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00