Molecular/genetic determinants of repolarization and their modification by environmental stress.

abstract：:In 76 consecutive patients who had received diuretics for 1-17 years for arterial hypertension or congestive heart failure, muscle concentrations of magnesium, potassium, and sodium-potassium pumps were significantly reduced compared to 31 age- and sex-matched controls. Thirty-six patients with muscle magnesium and/or...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Dørup I,Skajaa K,Thybo NK

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Plasma fibrinogen predicts cardiovascular events in patients with stable peripheral arterial occlusive disease, but its predictive value in patients with chronic critical limb ischaemia, a condition associated with a high risk of death, is unknown. DESIGN:A prospective cohort study. SETTING:Determination of...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Pedrinelli R,Dell' Omo G,Barchielli A,Berchiolli R,Melillo E,Mariani M,Balbarini A,Ferrari M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring survival of cancer patients using data collected by population-based cancer registries is an important component of cancer control. In this setting, patient survival is often summarized using net survival, that is survival from cancer if there were no other possible causes of death. Although net survival is...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Eloranta S,Smedby KE,Dickman PW,Andersson TM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokine production is necessary to protect against pathogens and promote tissue repair, but excessive cytokine release can lead to systemic inflammation, organ failure and death. Inflammatory responses are finely regulated to effectively guard from noxious stimuli. The central nervous system interacts dynamically wit...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Rosas-Ballina M,Tracey KJ

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading infectious cause of death in developed countries. Risk stratification has previously been difficult. METHODS:Markers of cardiac stress (B-type natriuretic peptide, BNP) and inflammation (C-reactive protein, white blood cell count, procalcitonin) as well as t...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Christ-Crain M,Breidthardt T,Stolz D,Zobrist K,Bingisser R,Miedinger D,Leuppi J,Tamm M,Mueller B,Mueller C

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We observed two patients with hypercholesterolaemia and tendon xanthomas associated with apolipoprotein (apoE-7) E-7, a rare variant of the apoE isoforms. Both suffered from coronary artery disease and had undergone a coronary bypass operation. Their cholesterol levels were 268 and 310 mg dl-1, respectively. Both pati...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Ueyama Y,Nozaki S,Yanagi K,Hiraoka H,Nakagawa T,Sakai N,Jiao S,Yamashita S,Matsuzawa Y

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplantation of foetal dopamine neurons into the striatum of Parkinson's disease patients can provide restoration of the dopamine system and alleviate motor deficits. However, cellular replacement is associated with several problems. As with pharmacological treatments, cell therapy can lead to disabling abnormal in...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Hedlund E,Perlmann T

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The onset of human disease by infection with SARS-CoV-2 causing COVID-19 has revealed risk factors for disease severity. There are four identified factors that puts one at high-risk for infection and/or mortality creating a disparity: age, comorbidities, race/ethnicity, and gender. Data indicate that the older a perso...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Carethers JM

更新日期：2020-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 24-week randomized multicentre single-blind study, including mild to moderate hypertensives free from other diseases, the effect on blood lipids of captopril (n = 51) was studied and compared with that of metoprolol (n = 53). In order to keep the diastolic pressure less than 95 mm Hg, bendroflumethiazide was adde...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Foss OP,Jensen EK

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Benefit from endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for large-vessel occlusion (LVO) acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) is well demonstrated. Furthermore, emerging evidence supports efficacy in appropriately selected patients treated beyond current recommendations of 6 h. We evaluated clinical outcomes in ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Motyer R,Kok HK,Asadi H,O'Hare A,Brennan P,Power S,Looby S,Nicholson P,Williams D,Murphy S,Hill MD,Goyal M,McManus J,O'Brien P,Thornton J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with established coronary disease and abnormalities of lipid metabolism represent a particularly important subgroup, since their mortality risk is typically 10 times greater than that amongst-subjects with comparable risk factors but no clinical history. Such patients are commonly treated initially with anti-...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Brown BG,Zhao XQ,Bardsley J,Albers JJ

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A description of the clinical presentation, diagnostic procedure and mode of therapy in three patients suffering from chronic mesenteric ischaemia. DESIGN AND INTERVENTIONS:In all cases, the diagnosis was made on the basis of abdominal complaints in combination with angiographic findings. The primary treatm...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Hoogenberg K,Van Essen LH,Van den Dungen JJ,Limburg AJ,Boeve WJ,Kleibeuker JH

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：:Pulsatile, intravenous insulin infusion designed to mimic the portal insulin concentrations that emerge physiologically after a meal, has been postulated to improve glucose tolerance in Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients. We studied the effects of insulin pulsing (10 i.v. pulses of human insulin of 0.035 U k...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Heinemann L,Sonnenberg GE,Hohmann A,Ritzenhoff A,Berger M,Benn J,Sönksen P,Kelley D,Gerich J,Aoki T

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Statins reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and can raise high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). HDL-bound paraoxonase-1 (PON1) is associated with variations in plasma HDL-C, and may, therefore, contribute to changes of HDL-C during statin therapy. DESIGN:The effects of baseline PON1 s...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Himbergen TM,van Tits LJ,Voorbij HA,de Graaf J,Stalenhoef AF,Roest M

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Patients undergoing bariatric surgery present long-term metabolic improvements and reduced type 2 diabetes risk, despite long-term weight regain. We hypothesized that part of these protective effects could be linked to altered gene expression in white adipose tissue (WAT). METHODS:Transcriptomic profiling by...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Kerr AG,Andersson DP,Rydén M,Arner P,Dahlman I

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the epidemiology, pathogenesis and clinical features of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with acute intermittent porphyria (AIP). DESIGN:A retrospective population-based mortality study. SUBJECTS:All inhabitants who died between 1978-1990 (2122) including 33 with AIP, in two municipali...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Andersson C,Bjersing L,Lithner F

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although numerous multicentre studies have estimated the association between ozone exposure and mortality, there are currently no nationally representative multicentre studies of the ozone-mortality relationship in China. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect on total (nonaccidental) and cause-specific mortal...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Sun Q,Wang W,Chen C,Ban J,Xu D,Zhu P,He MZ,Li T

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether furosemide treatment in congestive heart failure (CHF) patients is associated with thiamine deficiency. DESIGN:Patients without heart failure and without diuretic treatment were included to compare with patients with CHF belonging to New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Yue QY,Beermann B,Lindström B,Nyquist O

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A significant proportion of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) also have postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). We aimed to characterize these patients and differentiate them from CFS patients without POTS in terms of clinical and autonomic features. METHODS:A total of 179 patients with...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Lewis I,Pairman J,Spickett G,Newton JL

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the case of a male patient with progressive dysphagia, epigastric pain, odynophagia, generalized weakness and a mid-oesophagus ulceration in which biopsies showed acid-fast bacilli and histological evidence of tuberculosis. Culture of the biopsies and the sputum revealed mycobacterium tuberculosi...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Leotta SM,Elsborg L

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine whether interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) is a predictor for clinically incident diabetes in subjects with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and whether its predictive power is independent of C-reactive protein (CRP), an established marker of inflammation. We further examined whether genetic vari...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Luotola K,Pietilä A,Zeller T,Moilanen L,Kähönen M,Nieminen MS,Kesäniemi YA,Blankenberg S,Jula A,Perola M,Salomaa V,Health 2000 and FINRISK97 Studies.

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the associations between serum gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase activity (GTP) and the components of the metabolic syndrome. DESIGN:Cross-sectional, observational study of hypertensive patients and controls. SETTING:The participating subjects visited the research laboratory of the Department of Inte...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Rantala AO,Lilja M,Kauma H,Savolainen MJ,Reunanen A,Kesäniemi YA

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

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：:We describe the clinical course of a 58-year-old man who died from acute papillary muscle rupture as a complication of clostridial sepsis. There was no evidence for myocardial infarction, infective endocarditis, prior chest trauma or other known causes of papillary muscle rupture. Histological specimens taken at autop...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Schulz R,Andreas S,Weise B,Werner GS

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In its classic hormonal role, erythropoietin (EPO) is produced by the kidney and regulates the number of erythrocytes within the circulation to provide adequate tissue oxygenation. EPO also mediates other effects directed towards optimizing oxygen delivery to tissues, e.g. modulating regional blood flow and reducing b...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Brines M,Cerami A

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prions represent a group of proteins with a unique capacity to fold into different conformations. One isoform is rich in beta-pleated sheets and can aggregate into amyloid that may be pathogenic. This abnormal form propagates itself by imposing its confirmation on the homologous normal host cell protein. Pathogenic pr...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Norrby E

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hip and distal arm fractures are associated with osteoporosis in the postmenopausal female. In diabetic patients, bone mass has been found to be reduced leading to the hypothesis that diabetes is a risk factor for osteoporosis. Whether this has any clinical implication has only been sparsely elucidated. DES...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Melchior TM,Sørensen H,Torp-Pedersen C

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orthopaedic implants are highly susceptible to infection. The aims of treatment of infection associated with internal fixation devices are fracture consolidation and prevention of chronic osteomyelitis. Complete biofilm eradication is not the primary goal, as remaining adherent microorganisms can be removed with the d...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Zimmerli W

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00