Breaking News: A man received a new heart from a genetically modified pig, a medical first that offers hope to hundreds of thousands of patients with failing organs. https://t.co/CMQEPN9IL9
How to identify right aortic arch in X-ray? See indentation of right border of trachea by the right aortic arch. obvious in this X-ray. May be a subtle finding in majority, don’t miss this in X-ray of CHDs during exam. Rt arch+ Low PBF= Pulm atresia. Rt arch+High PBF= Truncus
Reentrant tachycardias involving concealed nodoventricular or fasciculoventricular pathways are rare. This #JACCCEP case series presents a structured approach for the diagnosis and management of these unusual #tachycardias. https://t.co/6MEOLLHOFC
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And no P-protein means very little #melanin in the iris, which means an eye color other than brown. Typically, a person’s #eye_color becomes permanent about three years after birth. Once eye color has set, the color usually won’t change.
Types of Iris Color 👁
Eye color is the result of variations in the amount of melanin, a pigment found in the front part of the iris of the eye. The lack of this pigment results in blue eyes, some pigment gives green and lots of pigment gives #brown_eyes.
They also found ‘HERC2’ that is needed for eye cells to read OCA2. Some people have a version of HERC2 that can't do its job very well. These folks' eye cells can't read the OCA2 gene very well either. If OCA2 isn't read, no P-protein gets made.
Prostate cancer affects the peripheral zone (i.e., easily examined by DRE), while BPH affects the periuretheral zone (i.e., frequently causes obstruction).