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In a prospective study of more than 10000 Yugoslav men it was found that consumption of alcoholic beverages was inversely related to non-sudden death from coronary heart disease (CHD) and positively related to death from trauma. The consequence was an apparently U-shaped relation between alcohol consumption and death, the lowest mortality being among moderate drinkers. Excess mortality from trauma was evident only among men under 55 and only for those who reported at entry to the study that they had been drunk during the preceding week. Alcohol consumption as reported at entry was unrelated to subsequent mortality from liver cirrhosis or any form of cancer. An enlarged liver, however, was associated with higher death rates for liver cirrhosis. This raises the possibility that some of the men were heavy drinkers preceding their entry to the study but were no longer drinking heavily at the time of entry. Enlarged liver, however, was also related to hypertension and to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and thus was not a specific indicator of alcohol abuse in this population. Recent drunkenness but not frequency of drinking was related to death from trauma and liver cirrhosis and to sudden CHD death. In short, both the pattern of drinking and the usual level of alcohol consumption appear to be related to mortality in this population.
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PMID:Drinking habits and death. The Yugoslavia cardiovascular disease study. 687 7

The incidence of heart failure in octogenarians is high and its diagnosis not always easy. In many cases it is made by excess or by omission. Obtaining a history is often difficult. Signs may be masked, false or indicative of another disease process. Dyspnea, edema of the lower limbs and crepitations are relatively non-specific. Jugular distension, tender hepatomegaly and a diastolic gallop are much more valuable. Diagnosis of the underlying etiology also raises problems. While hypertension is commonplace and easy to identify, ischemic heart disease is common and often missed. Tight aortic stenosis must be identified since its treatment is surgical. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is often an echocardiographic discovery. Post-embolic chronic cor pulmonale, or secondary to chronic obstructive lung disease, must always be considered in the presence of right heart failure without hypertension or chest pain. Appropriate treatment is dependent upon accurate diagnosis.
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PMID:[Difficulties in the diagnosis of cardiac insufficiency in octogenarians]. 782 52

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder characterized by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pancreatic exocrine deficiency, and abnormally high sweat electrolyte concentrations. Less frequently, the presenting features in infants may include edema, anemia, hypoproteinemia, and acrodermatitis enteropathica. Liver involvement may produce hepatomegaly and mild elevation of transaminases. This clinical symptom usually presents within the first 6 months of life and is associated with a high morbidity and mortality. Early recognition and institution of appropriate nutritional supplementation and pancreatic enzymes is essential to improve outcome. Since the sweat test may be falsely negative, emergency physicians must maintain a high index of suspicion to make the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis in an infant who presents with edema, anemia, hypoproteinemia, and acrodermatitis enteropathica.
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PMID:Edema, anemia, hypoproteinemia, and acrodermatitis enteropathica: an uncommon initial presentation of cystic fibrosis. 1475 9

A 73-year-old woman was presented with altered mental status and disorientation. She was diabetic and hypertensive, and she had experienced an ischemic cerebrovascular accident 3 years ago. Physical examination revealed the findings of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cor pulmonale and congestive heart failure. Hepatomegaly, splenomegaly and ascites were found and might be associated with postsinusoidal portal hypertension secondary to congestive heart failure. Laboratory tests showed uremia, lymphocytosis and thrombocytopenia. Neurologic findings were related with uremia and hypoxia. Multiple pathologic lymphadenopathies were seen in abdominal ultrasonography and thoracic computed tomography. Bone marrow histology indicated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). The reason for acute renal failure was leukaemic infiltration of the kidneys due to CLL that was shown with renal biopsy. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine responded well to cyclophosphamide and methyl prednisolone treatment. In CLL, direct renal involvement is frequently seen in autopsy studies especially in advanced disease, however, renal failure due to leukaemic infiltration is extremely rare.
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PMID:Acute renal failure due to leukaemic infiltration in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: case report. 1587 23

Involvement of abdominal organs in Osler's disease may lead to the development of hepatic arteriovenous shunts with a dilatation of the hepatic artery. Right and subsequent global heart failure due to cardiac valvular insufficiency, pulmonary artery hypertension, and hepatomegaly as well as increased cardiac output may result. This hyperdynamic hepatic blood flow can be reduced by ligature or banding of the hepatic artery or by orthotopic liver transplantation. We report on two female patients suffering from Osler's disease (68 and 76 years old) with severe heart insufficiency (NYHA III-IV) caused by the high hepatic shunt volumes. A gradual banding of the hepatic artery directed by intraoperative flow measurement in the hepatic artery and control of the systemic hemodynamics by Swan-Ganz or COLD catheters was performed in these patients. The banding was achieved by encasing the hepatic artery in a PTFE cuff (length, 1.0 cm). The high cardiac output could be reduced from 11.2 to 7.0 l/min and from 10.7 to 6.0 l/min, respectively. The respective hepatic artery flow was reduced from 2.0 to 0.3 l/min and from 4.0 to 0.7 l/min. An improvement of heart insufficiency, a reduction in the severity of the cardiac valvular insufficiency, and a reduction of the pulmonary arterial hypertension could be already observed intraoperatively. One patient died of right cardiac failure after an orthotopic liver transplantation 7 months later. The other one died 3 years after the banding. The banding of the hepatic artery controlled by hepatic arterial flow measurement can be considered as an effective and safe palliative procedure in intrahepatic HHT compared to therapeutic alternatives such as hepatic artery ligation or embolization.
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PMID:Treatment of high output cardiac failure by flow-adapted hepatic artery banding (FHAB) in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. 1802 57

We report a 59-year-old lifelong smoker with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who presented with an acute onset 3-day history of left iliac fossa pain and abdominal distension. Clinical examination revealed a palpable mass in the left iliac fossa. The differential diagnosis was that of a diverticular abscess or colonic tumour. She subsequently underwent a CT scan which showed extensive metastatic liver disease from a primary lung tumour, with hepatomegaly abutting the anterior abdominal wall in the left iliac fossa.
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PMID:Small cell lung cancer presenting with a left iliac fossa mass. 2423 31

Chronic arsenic exposure causes cutaneous effects like hyperkeratosis, peripheral vascular disease, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, non-cirrhotic portal hypertension, hepatomegaly, peripheral neuropathy, respiratory involvement, bad obstetrical outcome, hematological disturbances, and diabetes mellitus. Here we present a case of a 24-year-old lady, with chronic exposure to arsenic, presenting to us with progressive dyspnea. We found pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) as a cause of her dyspnea. PAH can occur in arsenicosis, secondary to arsenic-induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung fibrosis, and portal hypertension, which we excluded by appropriate investigations in our case. We also excluded a familial or heritable form of PAH. Thus, with the exclusion of all these secondary causes of PAH, as well as a hereditary cause, we came to a conclusion that this PAH might be due to chronic arsenic exposure. To the best of our knowledge, no case of PAH in chronic arsenicosis has been reported to date.
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PMID:Unexplained dyspnea in a patient of chronic arsenicosis: A diagnostic challenge and learning curve for physicians. 2581 5