Publications by authors named "W Ojeda"

The purpose of this study was to identify changes in neuromuscular performance variables evaluated through the countermovement jump test before and after (0 hours, after session and 24h post) of a simulated futsal protocol in young university female athletes. Fourteen eumenorrheic, healthy and experienced female futsal players were randomly assigned to an intervention group n = 7) or a control group (n = 7). Both groups performed three countermovement jumps before and after the protocol using an inertial system device.

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Aneurysms of the left main coronary artery are a rare entity, being found in 0.1% of angiograms. This case involves a middle aged man with left main coronary aneurysm, complicated with severe obstruction at the ostium of the left anterior descending artery, the ostium of a ramus, and the ostium of the left circumflex artery.

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Pericardial effusions are a relatively common phenomenon, largely in part due to its many possible etiologies. Although a considerable amount of cases are idiopathic, careful history and physical examination will reveal the etiology in a vast majority of patients. The most effective tools, echocardiography and right heart catheterization, should be aimed not only at the diagnosis of the pericardial effusion, but also to the assessment of the severity of the pericardial effusion, since this will determine that individual patient's management.

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To evaluate granulocyte function in uremia and hemodialysis we studied granulocyte adherence, an important step in chemotaxis. Our studies demonstrate that patients with severe impairment in renal function had normal granulocyte adherence (72.1 +/- 21 vs.

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