Our prospective observational trial finally confirms that atorvastatin (20 mg/day for 10 weeks) increases plasma total bilirubin concentration. However, it seems that this effect is HMOX1-independent.

A case of rhabdomyosarcoma of the heart diagnosed through biopsy material and confirmed by autopsy is reported because of the few recorded instances and the unusually diffuse nature of t h e neoplasm. The h e a r t with tumor weighed 1450 g. There was a single metastasis t o a mediastinal lymph node. PPROXIMATELY 200 SARCOMAS PRIMARILY A involving the myocardium have been re-rorded, 31 of which were rhabdomyosarco-mas.' Because of the few recorded instances and the unusually diffuse nature of the neo-plasm we encountered, the following additional case is being reported.

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Malignant ventricular arrhythmias can result from isolated inferior wall AMI, but literature reports on this phenomenon are rather rare. Collateral circulation can prevent myocardial ischemia and preserve myocardial function, but does not provide protection against exercise-induced myocardial ischemia.

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