A 66-year-old female with Streptococcus viridans aortic and tricuspid infective endocarditis develops, during the course of antibiotic therapy, rupture of a right coronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm to the right ventricle. An urgent cardiac surgery is preformed with implantation of a mechanical aortic prosthesis and a right coronary sinus plasty. Six months later a huge aortic pseudoaneurysm is diagnosed and sh...
A síndrome febril indeterminada no idoso coloca sempre alguma dificuldade diagnóstica. A endocardite infecciosa, pela relativa raridade e pela atipia das suas manifestações é muitas vezes esquecida neste grupo etário, onde outras causas, nomeadamente neoplásicas, são primeiramente consideradas. Os autores apresentam um caso clínico de uma doente idosa com endocardite infecciosa subaguda mitral e tricuspide, cuj...
According to the equivalent light hypothesis, molecular defects in the photoreceptor lead to a continuous activation of the photoreceptor cascade in a manner equivalent to real light. The consequences in diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP) are as disruptive to the cells as real light. Two forms of the equivalent light hypothesis can be distinguished: strong - mutations in rhodopsin or other cascade prote...
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