Revue médicale suisse
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Athletes often exhibit structural and electrical cardiac adaptations that are influenced by several factors including sporting discipline, gender and ethnicity. These changes are considered physiological and reversible in most cases. ⋯ The differential diagnosis between the athlete's heart and heart diseases that are potential etiologies of sudden cardiac death, such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, may be challenging. New recommendations about electrocardiogram interpretation in athletes may help to improve prevention strategies.
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Revue médicale suisse · Jul 2012
Historical Article[Punishment by the invention named after Dr. Guillotin (2)].
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Revue médicale suisse · Jul 2012
Historical Article[Doctor Guillotin and the machine named after him (1)].
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An increasing number of articles are published on the differences about pain in men and women. These differences seem to be due to the sex, the biological dimension of the person, and to the gender, which is the role given to that person in a given social and culture environment. ⋯ Finally doctors translate and treat pain differently. This article proposes some explanations on these differences which should help us to treat this frequent and noxious symptom for the quality of life in a better way.