Gac Med Mex
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The cox-maze III procedure is designed to eliminate atrial fibrillation (AF). ⋯ The cox-maze III procedure is efficacious for eliminating mitral valve disease-associated AF when LA postoperative size is ≤ 6.5 cm.
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Retirement of physicians from their professional activity is a subject of global interest. In Mexico, there is no official regulation that determines the age at which physicians should retire from their profession as in other countries. This symposium presents the measures implemented at the ABC Medical Center in recent years about physicians' retirement, with the establishment of a committee. This has been achieved in part also with the creation of group medical practices that integrate doctors in their different specialties, whose interest among other aspects of individual and collective interest, is the establishment of a retirement fund.
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Substances related to microorganisms involved in periodontal disease can reach the maternal-fetal interface via the hematogenous route and stimulate uterine contractility. ⋯ Periodontal disease in pregnancy was an independent risk factor for preterm birth.
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The low-density lipoprotein (LDL)/high-density lipoprotein (HDL) index is a predictive factor for atherosclerosis, which is associated with oxidative modifications. ⋯ The LDL/HDL index shows an inverse relationship with the antioxidant status and a direct relationship with oxidation status, regardless of other cardiovascular and oxidative stress risk factors.
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Most pregnancies in adolescents and young adults are unwanted and many are the consequence of inconsistent contraception use. ⋯ A significant percentage of adolescents in our study had an unwanted pregnancy at an early age despite being young undergraduate medical students, coming from moderately dysfunctional families and belonging to a middle-high socioeconomic status.