Hypothyroid cardiomyopathy complicated by a left ventricular laminar thrombus.

Clinical hypothyroidism is the most common hormone deficiency in the United States and is found in 0.3% of the U.S.

Contribution of hepatitis C virus and Helicobacter Pylori co-infection as possible predisposing factors in the occurrence of gastric mucosal dysplasia.

Background And Purpose: Current views on B-cell lymphoma genesis suggest that several exogenous factors, acting in a multistep fashion upon a predisposing condition, may be involved in B-cell clonal expansion, a potentially prelymphomatous stage. This study was done to investigate the extrahepatic localization of Hepatitis C virus (HCV)in the gastric mucosa and the possibility of its involvement besides Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) as possible predisposing factors that might play a role in the occurrence of gastric dysplasia or lymphoproliferation following gastritis and may end in carcinogenesis.

Detachable endoloop vs. elastic band ligation for bleeding esophageal varices.

Background: Variceal bleeding is a serious complication with a mortality rate that ranges from 20% to 50%. Patients who have variceal hemorrhage usually are treated by endoscopic injection sclerotherapy or elastic band ligation to eradicate the varices. Endoloop ligation is a newly developed technique for achieving hemostasis and variceal eradication.