Heart rate variability in adult patients with congenital heart disease

Introduction: Heart rate variability (HRV) illustrates an autonomic nervous system influence on the sinus node. It is known that low HRV parameters indicate poor prognosis in patients with myocardial infarction, predict...

The role of endothelin in stroke: Experimental data and underlying pathophysiology

The role of endothelin in functional and structural changes after stroke is only partly understood: synthesis and release of the potent vasoconstrictor peptide endothelin-1 increases following ischemia and mediates the d...

Adenomyosis in a patient with mosaic Turner syndrome: case report

Changing concepts on prostatitis

Comparatively little research has been directed to the pathogenesis and treatment of prostatitis, an infectious, inflammatory disabling condition that can cause considerable pelvic pain, with a range of associated sympto...

Glucose metabolism in conventionally treated patients with b-thalassaemia major assessed with oral glucose tolerance test