A surgical case of infected cardiac myxoma

A 60-year-old woman presented with a fever of unknown origin.Echocardiography revealed a large left atrial tumor protruding into the left ventricle during diastole.Laboratory investigation nacrack.com showed an elevated white blood cell count, C-reactive protein concentration, and interleukin-6 concentration.Magnetic resonance imaging showed hypera

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Cartilaginous epiphyses in extant archosaurs and their implications for reconstructing limb function in dinosaurs.

Extinct archosaurs, including many non-avian dinosaurs, exhibit relatively simply shaped condylar regions in their appendicular bones, suggesting potentially large amounts of unpreserved nacrack.com epiphyseal (articular) cartilage.This "lost anatomy" is often underappreciated such that the ends of bones are typically considered to be the joint sur

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