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Mercury Poisoning in Fatty Acid and Its Association to Cardiovascular Event

Mercury is the only metal liquid at standard conditions for temperature and pressure, with a melting point of −38.83°C. Its boiling point of 356.73°C gives it one of the narrowest liquid ranges of any metal. It is highly toxic by ingestion or inhalation of the dust, and mercury poisoning can also result from exposure to [...]

Cardiac Tn I Induces Severe Autoimmune Inflammation in the Myocardium

Ziya Kaya, MD and colleagues from Department of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Germany took animal model experiment to study the effects on production of troponin-specific autoantibodies, cross-reactivity of autoantibodies, troponin-specific cellular response, inflammation, and expression of inflammatory cytokines, chemokines, fibrosis, heart function, ischemia/reperfusion injury, myocardial remodeling, and survival of the animals

Management of the Elderly Person After Myocardial Infarction, an Internal Medicine Journal

Myocardial Infarction (MI) most commonly happened due to occlusion (blockage) of a coronary artery following the rupture of a vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque, which is an unstable collection of lipids (like cholesterol) and white blood cells (especially macrophages) in the wall of an artery. It was stated that approximately 60% of hospital admissions for acute MI [...]