An esophageal stricture is a gradual narrowing of the esophagus, which can lead to swallowing difficulties. Healthcare providers diagnose it in about 10 percent of people with gastroesophageal reflux ...

Esophageal dilation is a treatment to help stretch, or dilate, abnormal narrowings found in the esophagus. These narrowings are called strictures and can occur from a variety of health problems. They ...

Visual outcomes and surgical success rates were evaluated. The results showed the pressure spikes exceeding 30 mmHg occurred within 14 days post-surgery in cases with Densiron tamponade, particularly ...

1 Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Irvine Health, Orange, CA, United States 2 Mary & Steve Wen Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of ...

Correspondence to Dr Kale S Bongers; kbongers{at}med.umich.edu Cardiac tamponade is a relatively rare consequence of superior vena cava (SVC) stenting, but associated with high mortality. A high ...

The taming effect on monkeys is fairly characteristic. After certain doses the animals lose their hostility and fear and become friendly and tame. 4–6 The drug also depresses imprinting in ducks ...

Electrocardiographic changes are common and typically evolve through four stages: Stage I: diffuse ST-segment elevation (typically concave up) and PR-segment depression are recorded in the first ...

23 were excluded because of early reoperation. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES--Size and site of pericardial effusion evaluated by cross sectional echocardiography and signs of cardiac tamponade detected by ...

This condition is known as cardiac tamponade. The following signs and ... Problems with the esophagus (the tube connecting the mouth and stomach) and the stomach can cause chest pain.

[43] Pericardiectomy is almost never indicated for recurrent pericarditis, except in cases with repeated recurrences with cardiac tamponade and evidence of serious steroid toxicity, although other ...

Ganguli et al. show that CDKN2A loss in Barrett’s esophagus prevents esophageal adenocarcinoma initiation by counterselecting subsequent TP53 loss and report context-dependent effects of 9p21 ...