The American journal of the medical sciences
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Letter Case Reports
Gastrointestinal Bleeding Due to Arteriovenous Malformation of the Intestine.
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Letter Case Reports
Electrical Alternans in a Patient with Acute Bronchial Asthma Exacerbation.
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Reduced muscular strength, measured by handgrip strength, has been associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality. However, the prognostic significance of handgrip strength has been less well-studied in the middle-aged Korean population. This study determined whether handgrip strength predicted 10-year CVD risk in this population and whether there is a sex-specific difference. ⋯ Handgrip strength is a simple and effective screening tool for risk stratification for CVD in middle-aged Korean women.
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Aortic stenosis (AS) patients with eccentric hypertrophy (Ecc-LVH) have increased left ventricular (LV) size and possibly reduced ejection fraction (EF). However, previous studies suggest worse outcomes with concentric remodeling and hypertrophy. We hypothesized that Ecc-LVH pattern in AS patients will also be associated with greater heart failure (HF) and all-cause mortality (ACM). ⋯ Patients with AS and Ecc-LVH have greater ACM than other LV geometries with both moderate and severe AS and greater HF in moderate AS.