Comparison of two different loading doses of digoxin in severe renal impairment.

The correct loading dose of digoxin in patients with advanced renal failure is still a matter of discussion. The effects has been studied of loading doses of digoxin 0.625 mg or 1.

[Sinus node syndrome].

The sick sinus syndrome is caused by dysfunction of the sinus node and includes various forms of arrhythmia. In its chronic form the underlying disease may affect not only the sinus node but also the atrial, junctional and intraventricular conduction tissue. The most important clinical symptoms are, in decreasing order, dizziness, syncope, palpitations, cardiac failure, systemic embolism, and cerebrovascular insult.

[Congenital liver cysts. Case report and review of the literature].

A study is presented of four female patients with congenital solitary liver cyst. The largest cyst had a volume of 4 liters. One of the patients studied had a neoplasm which was possibly the result of secondary malignant degeneration of the cyst.