Publications by authors named "J E Auer"
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- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a common heart disease that makes the heart muscle thicker, and it can be inherited from family.
- In Austria, about 20,000 to 40,000 people might have this condition, but it's often hard to diagnose because it shows up in many different ways.
- Early diagnosis and genetic testing are important to help patients and their families, and new treatments are available that can help without surgery.
Giving birth prematurely is a traumatic event that has many consequences for the mother but also for her baby and their family. Studies have shown that about a quarter of these mothers will suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result. This study aims to identify internal personality factors associated with the development of PTSD in mothers who gave birth before 33 weeks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAtraumatic or spontaneous splenic rupture is a rare but life-threatening complication of infectious mononucleosis. We present a case of a 26-year-old man presenting with a 1-week history of sharp epigastric and right upper quadrant pain, associated with malaise and subjective fever. Although initial findings were concerning for acute cholangitis, abdominal computed tomography angiography scan revealed splenic rupture.
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