Changes to the Cardiac Biomarkers of Non-Elite Athletes Completing the 2009 London Marathon.
Changes to the cardiac biomarkers of non-elite athletes completing the 2009 London Marathon.
Emerg Med J. 2013 Mar 19;
Baker P, Davies SL, Larkin J, Moult D, Benton S, Roberts A, Harris T
INTRODUCTION: Many studies have demonstrated a rise in troponin and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels following prolonged and/or strenuous exercise. Only one study looked at athletes who collapse and this showed no difference in cardiac biomarkers between those who collapsed and those who completed without requiring medical attention. We set out to describe and quantify the changes in troponin and BNP in three groups of non-elite runners at the 2009 London marathon: those with and without known structural heart disease (SHD) and those who collapsed on completion. METHODS: The first group (recruited group, RG) was recruited at the prerace exhibition. This group had two subsets, runners with SHD and without (non-SHD). A second group was recruited from those who collapsed (collapsed group, CG). Blood was taken for troponin I (TnI), troponin T (TnT), high sensitivity TnT (HSTnT) and BNP. RESULTS: Cardiac biomarker levels increased in all groups following the marathon. No statistically significant difference was seen between the SHD and non-SHD subgroups. When comparing the RG and CG the number and degree of rise was greater in those who collapsed. A trend for the degree of rise of HSTnT was demonstrated. DISCUSSION: We identified runners with troponin levels that, in other circumstances, would raise concern for myocardial necrosis. However absence of adverse clinical sequelae would suggest this rise is physiological. The cause and clinical significance of the increased HSTnT levels seen in those that collapsed is yet to be fully elucidated. HubMed – rehab
Immediately loaded zygomatic implants: a 5-year prospective study.
Eur J Oral Implantol. 2013; 6(1): 39-47
Davó R, Malevez C, Pons O
Purpose: This prospective study was designed to assess the long-term outcome of immediately loaded zygomatic implants placed in atrophic maxillae. Materials and methods: Forty-two consecutively treated patients received 81 zygomatic implants and 140 conventional implants for oral rehabilitation and were followed for 5 years. Complete arch rehabilitation was accomplished in 37 patients and partial arch rehabilitation in 5 (one zygomatic implant in combination with two conventional implants). Outcome measures were prosthetic and implant failures, and complications. Results: Twelve zygomatic and 22 conventional implants in 6 patients were not reviewed as patients were lost to follow-up. One zygomatic implant was removed at the 3-year follow-up visit because of lack of osseointegration and disturbances around the zygomatic region. The success rate of zygomatic implants was 98.5% (68/69). Six conventional implants were lost, with a success rate of 94.9% (112/118). One of the definitive prostheses was changed after 4 years of follow-up. Six complications occurred during the entire follow-up period. Conclusions: The 5-year prognosis was found to be good for immediately loaded zygomatic implants together with conventional implants in severely resorbed maxillae. HubMed – rehab
Complete oral rehabilitation of a young girl suffering with amelogenesis imperfecta in association with analysis of her chromosomal pattern.
BMJ Case Rep. 2013; 2013:
Goswami M, Chattopadhyay S, Arora R, Talwar R