Objectives. This study assessed the ability of signal-averaged electrocardiography,
radionuclide ventriculography and Holter electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring and clinical …

Aims To compare the success rate for transthoracic direct current cardioversion (DCC) of
atrial fibrillation (AF) with antero-posterior (AP) and antero-apical (AA) electrode positions …

Objectives. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of 150 mg of aspirin plus
100 mg of alteplase, administered as two intravenous bolus injections of 50 mg each given …

Objective This study was performed to determine if factors other than the size of regional
dysfunction influence the global left ventricular ejection fraction after acute myocardial …

OBJECTIVES.: This study was performed to determine whether intravenous injection of a
sonicated albumin echocardiographic contrast agent (Albunex) improved the quality of the …

Hepatic involvement in amyloidosis is common but obstructive jaundice is a very rare
complication. Occasional patients with AL amyloidosis develop obstructive jaundice as a …

OBJECTIVE--To assess the safety and value of an exercise electrocardiography service for
the diagnosis of suspected ischaemic heart disease to which general practitioners have …

Six patients with histologically proven HBsAg-negative chronic active hepatitis (CAH), who
were initially treated successfully with prednisolone with or without azathioprine, developed …

Background: Thrombolytic therapy has frequently been withheld from patients with complete
heart block lollowing acute myocardial infarction because of significant hypotension and the …

We describe a 62-year-old woman in whom systemic lupus erythematosus presented as life-
threatening effuso-constrictive pericarditis. Surgical drainage of the pericardium was …