Clinical introduction A 14-year-old boy presented with history of decreased appetite and bilateral swelling of feet for 6 months. He did not give any associated history of orthopnoea or paroxysmal ...

Objectives This study tested whether cardiac sympathetic innervation assessed by metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) activity has long-term prognostic value in combination with left ventricular hypertrophy ...

Class 4 heart failure (CHF) was defined by dyspnoea, orthopnoea, fluid retention and the initiation of diuretic therapy. Supporting data included radiological evidence of pulmonary congestion and an ...

Neurofibromatosis has been known to involve blood vessels throughout the body. Pulmonary involvement with interstitial fibrosing alveolitis has been described but no case of pulmonary vascular ...

His tongue symptoms remained stable for a year while the dyspnoea on exertion was not associated with paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea, orthopnoea or angina. He was re-evaluated by otolaryngology who did ...

Common symptoms of PE are dyspnoea, pleuritic chest pain, cough and orthopnoea and signs of PE include tachypnoea, tachycardia, rales and distended jugular venous pulse. Our patient did not experience ...

Patients with heart failure were older and presented more often with orthopnoea, ankle oedema in men, an irregular pulse, systolic heart murmur, elevated JVP or HJR. Loss of appetite and a lower BMI, ...

The PROTECT model and risk score is the first risk assessment tool for AHF patients that incorporates WHF as a major outcome. In PROTECT, nearly one in every six patients either died or developed ...

Right sided heart thrombi may develop within the right heart chambers or they may be peripheral venous clots that, on their way to the lungs, accidentally lodge in a patent foramen ovale, tricuspid ...