Performance enhancing agents (PEAs) are substances used to improve any form of activity performed by humans. These are widely used by athletes and body builders. Being a frequent subject of controversy in the sporting world, the use of performance-enhancing drugs has shown a dist...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1430968
Forensic medicine is the science (as well as the art) of applying medical knowledge, skills (and perhaps even the attitudes) to assist in the process of execution of justice. Forensic medicine is broadly divided into clinical forensic medicine and forensic pathology though the bo...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1230944
The coronary circulation has been the centre of focus of many anatomists, pathologists, cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, physiologists and even the general public especially since the introduction of coronary angiography during the 1960's. Though a large number of data reg...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2021/v21i230230
Acute myocardial infarction is relatively uncommon among the young adults. Blunt trauma to chest is one rare mechanism of acute myocardial infarction specially among young adults. A 35-year-old male had sustained among other injuries, a blunt impact on the left side of his front...
Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD) accounts for the highest mortality rate among the non-communicable diseases across the globe. In the developed countries the incidence of IHD has shown a slow decline over the past two decades. It is traditionally considered as a disease of the elder...
Aorto-oesophageal fistula is a considerably rare but potentially fatal cause for upper gastro-intestinal bleeding. Mortality is high due to delayed diagnosis, delayed treatment due to limited facilities at the first contact health care centres and the possibility of re-bleeding e...
Cardiomyopathies include a spectrum of intrinsic myocardial diseases without significant inflammation. Out of these, restrictive cardiomyopathy is considered a rare form compared to Hypertrophic and Dilated types. A 67-year-old male with a history of hypertension and diabetes for...
The authors wish to discuss the possibilities and pathophysiology of orbital emphysema of a live victim of high-explosive blast attack. A 35-year-old male suffered a terrorist blast resulting in shrapnel injuries, flash-burns and bilateral ear drum perforation. Throughout in a c...
There is no uniformity in obtaining anthropological measurements of the heart. Measurementsvary according to the methods used by different authors. The normality standard for organ weights should be established in a specific reference sample for each population, as the normality...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1330959