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Short-term and long-term mortality associated with ventricular arrhythmia in patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndrome: findings from the Gulf RACE registry-2
Objectives: Ventricular arrhythmia (VA) in the setting of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) carries an ominous prognosis; however, long-term prognosis associated with VA in ACS in the Middle East is unknown. Accordingly, we sought to assess the incidence, in-hospital outcomes, and 1-year mortality of in-hospital VA in patients with ACS. Methods and results: The Second Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-2) is a multinational observational study of patients with ACS, which enrolled 7930 patients. Of these, 333 (4.2%) developed VA during hospitalization. Patients with VA were significantly older (mean age 58.3 vs. ...
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - January 30, 2013 Category: Cardiology Tags: Therapy and Prevention Source Type: research

Isolated Body Lateropulsion in a Patient with Pontine Infarction
A 72-year-old man with diabetes mellitus and hypertension was admitted to our hospital with lightheadedness. The patient showed lateropulsion to the right side, but his neurological findings were otherwise normal. Brain magnetic resonance images showed a fresh ischemic infarct in the left dorsal part of the lower pons. Body lateropulsion is characterized by an irresistible falling to one side and has been reported in lesions in several brain regions. However, it has rarely been reported in pontine lesions. We suggest that physicians should be aware that pontine lesions can cause isolated body lateropulsion without other n...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - December 20, 2012 Category: Neurology Authors: Madoka Okamura, Keisuke Suzuki, Tomoko Komagamine, Toshiki Nakamura, Hidehiro Takekawa, Yohei Asakawa, Akiko Kawasaki, Masanari Yamamoto, Koichi Hirata Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research

HbA1c: A Prognostic Biomarker in the Surgical and Critically Ill Patient Population
HYPERGLYCEMIA CAN OCCUR as part of the catabolic response to stress. Acute hyperglycemia is associated with a poor outcome and increased mortality under a variety of clinical conditions, most notably myocardial infarction, stroke, and major surgical tissue trauma. Data from hospital admissions indicate that nondiabetic patients with newly diagnosed hyperglycemia have an increased risk of death. However, the evidence supporting a link between diabetes mellitus (DM) and increased mortality in critically ill and surgical patients is not as strong. This may be caused partly by the underdiagnosis of DM and, thereby, falsely lab...
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - September 3, 2012 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Justin Letourneau, Helen Bui, Thomas Schricker, Roupen Hatzakorzian Tags: Review Articles Source Type: research

Clinical Evaluation of Lacunar Infarction and Branch Atheromatous Disease
Patients with branch atheromatous disease (BAD) are more likely to experience neurologic deficits compared with those with lacunar infarction (LI), although both disorders are forms of intracranial deep brain infarction. We clinically evaluated patients with BAD (n = 42) and LI (n = 57) to investigate why patients with BAD tend to experience progressing stroke. Patients presenting to our hospital with acute ischemic stroke between April 2008 and March 2009 were screened. LI was defined as an intracerebral lesion 2-point increase in the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale within 48 hours of stroke onset. Progressing ...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - December 1, 2011 Category: Neurology Authors: Taizen Nakase, Shotaroh Yoshioka, Masahiro Sasaki, Akifumi Suzuki Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

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