The clinical value of transpedicular thoraco-lumbar spine stabilisation]

The authors present the results of treatment of spine neoplastic disease using transpedicular stabilisation. The clinical material of 2004 year are 20 cases, 15 males (75%) and 5 female (25%), 19 of them were qualified to the surgical treatment (95%). Obtained outcomes permit authors to make confirmation that the transpedicular stabilisation of thoraco-lumbar spine as a surgical treatment of it's neoplastic disease decrease pain, improve neurological condition if spinal cord damage are not durable, makes easer the rehabilitation process and nursing care.     

Effects of chronotropic incompetence on exercise capacity in people with heart failure versus age-matched controls

Heart Failure Reviews - Chronotropic incompetence (CI) is an inability to adequately raise heart rate during physiological stress. We established CI prevalence and exercise capacity in heart...