Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas
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Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba · Jan 2007
Biography Historical Article[Harvard: historical representation of anesthesia in art].
This article is about the use of ether as a general anesthetic that was used for the first time by T. Morton at Harvard University. It was a landmark in future surgical procedures and this discovery was documented by the painting of the Robert Hinckey and it has been used for teaching history of medicine.
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Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba · Jan 2007
[Endocarditis of pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads].
Infective endocarditis includes the endovascular devices infection. The main objective was to evaluate the clinical characteristics and evolution of the endocarditis related to electronics devices. ⋯ The endocarditis related to devices is a disease with high mortality. Early diagnosis and system extraction are very important for the treatment and prognosis.