GGT is a readily available clinical laboratory value associated with in-hospital adverse outcomes in patients with STEMI who undergo primary PCI. However, there was no association with long-term mortality.
Background: The risk of thrombus formation in the left atrium is known to be very high in patients with both mitral stenosis (MS) and atrial fibrillation (AF). However, that risk should not be ignored in patients with MS in sinus rhythm (SR). The aim of this study was to determine the clinical, echocardiographic, and biochemical factors that could have a determining role in the formation of a left atrial (LA) thrombus in patients with MS in SR.
Method: A total of 207 consecutive patients with MS who underwent both transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for diagnosis or to MS in SR. (Cardiol J 2015; 22, 3: 336-342)
Eosinophilia has long been known as a hallmark of Churg-Strauss syndrome but has rarely been reported in Wegener's granulomatosis (WG). Here we describe a patient with WG who had skin, kidney and lung involvement as well as striking peripheral eosinophilia and hyperimmunoglobulinaemia E (hyper-IgE). The patient's clinical picture was complicated by intra-alveolar haemorrhage resulting in severe anaemia and respiratory failure. The pulmonary symptoms recovered completely, but the renal involvement evolved into end-stage renal failure despite intensive immunosuppressive treatment, intravenous immunoglobulin and plasmapheresis. We suggest that the presence of eosinophilia and hyper-IgE might contribute to the development of different disease patterns in WG.
Patent AVFs have not affected cardiovascular abnormalities such as LVH and LV mass index in patients with renal transplant. Hyperuricemia may be associated with increased PAP and high LVMI.
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