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N Rahal

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PubMed2000

[Contracted endocardial fibroelastosis in children: report of a case].

Endocardial fibroelastosis is un uncommon disease and it has a very bad prognosis since fatal evolution is usual before 2 years old. We report the case of a 20 years old woman who is affected with the contracted form of this disease associated with atrial septal defect (ASD) and mitral regurgitation. This disease was discovered by endocardial biopsy when she was 4 years old and underwent surgical resection of endocardial fibrosis, a patch on the ASD and mitral valve replacement. She was rehospitalised 15 years later with heart failure although continuous digitoxin therapy.

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PubMed1997

[Coxiella burnetti infectious endocarditis. Apropos of a case].

Chronic forms of Q fever (endocarditis) are rare, but are responsible for severe and desperately recurrent infections, resulting in multiple valve replacements with a reserved prognosis. The authors report the case of a 35-year-old patient with a known history of rheumatic fever, who developed blood culture negative infectious endocarditis on a mitral bioprosthesis. The diagnosis of Q fever was based on serological arguments. Despite long-term antibiotic therapy, serology remained strongly positive and was associated with repeated mitral valve disinsertion. The patient died immediately after the fourth operation in a context of haemodynamic failure. This clinical case emphasizes the importance of performing Q fever serology in any case of culture negative endocarditis and the therapeutic difficulties encountered in chronic recurrent endocarditis.

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PubMed1989

[Hydatid cyst of the heart of multivesicle type. Apropos of a case].

The authors report the case of a 30 year-old man on whom the diagnosis of hydatic cyst of the heart (HKC) was strongly suspected on bi-dimensional echocardiography and confirmed by surgery. This case is interesting because this HCH, completely latent clinically, was discovered by echocardiography performed in view of a localized infra-epicardic ischemia, the major contribution of bi-dimensional electrocardiography enabling to make a quick and easy anatomical and topographic diagnosis, the primary nature of this hydatic localization which does not affect any other organ, and finally the multivesicle aspect of the cyst, rather unusual in single localizations of hydatic cyst of the heart. A brief review of the literature is then presented.

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[A clinical trial of a titrated Olea extract in the treatment of essential arterial hypertension].

A clinical assay of Olea europaea L. aqueous extract was carried on two groups of patients suffering with essential hypertension. 12 patients consulting for the first time, 18 patients with antihypertensive treatment. Treatment based on Olea europeae L. leaf aqueous extract was given (400 ng x 4/24 h) during 3 months, after 15 days treatment based on placebo. We note for all patients a statistically significant decrease of blood pressure (p < 0.001), we didn't find any modification of biological parameters excepted a significant little decrease of glycemia and calcemia p < 0.01 and p < 0.01 respectively. We didn't find any side effect in the two groups.

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