Pulmonary and Systemic Hemodynamics in Patients with Hyperthyroidism.

Background: There is an association between hyperthyroidism and pulmonary hypertension. However, the prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in hyperthyroidism and the underlying mechanisms are incompletely defined.

Methods: Consecutive patients with severe hyperthyroidism, mostly due to Graves disease, were included in this single-center study.

Short-term high altitude exposure at 3454 m is well tolerated in patients with stable heart failure.

Aims: High altitude exposure for the purpose of tourism is very popular in mountainous regions and is considered to be safe for patients with stable CAD and preserved LV function. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the haemodynamic response to exercise and electrical stability by Holter monitoring in patients with chronic heart failure (HF) and an EF <40%.

Methods And Results: We studied 29 HF patients with a peak VO2 >50% of the predicted (25 men, age 60.

Randomised trial of a clinical dosing algorithm to start anticoagulation with phenprocoumon.

Question Under Study: Prospective validation of two algorithms for the initiation of phenprocoumon treatment.

Methods: Inpatients with new-onset anticoagulation were randomised to one of two computer assisted dosing algorithms, or to a control arm. The primary outcome measure was the time to achieve therapeutic anticoagulation without overshooting (INR >4.

Superior temporal gyrus differences in childhood-onset schizophrenia.

The posterior superior temporal gyrus (STG) is the approximate site of Wernicke's area, a language region, which in previous studies has been reported to be abnormal in adults with schizophrenia. The present study assesses volumetric differences in the superior temporal gyrus of subjects with childhood-onset schizophrenia (COS). MRI scans of 18 subjects diagnosed with childhood-onset schizophrenia and 16 age- and sex-matched normals were analyzed to assess possible volume differences.

Nontraumatic pancreatitis in spinal cord injury.

Study Design: A retrospective analysis of 10 patients with pancreatitis after traumatic spinal cord injury.

Objectives: To determine the conditions leading to nontraumatic pancreatitis in spinal cord injury.

Summary Of Background Data: Little is known in the literature about pancreatitis after spinal cord injury.