Results are similar with peroxiredoxins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Helicobacter pylori. Thus, peroxynitrite reductase activity may be widespread among bacterial genera.

Silvanna Moreno, a nine-year-old girl, tragically died after a dental procedure under anesthesia in Vista. Following the procedure and subsequent disc ...

The dosage of nitrites should not be adjusted to achieve a predetermined methemoglobin concentration, since the formation of cyanomethemoglobin can potentially be misread as methemoglobin ...

For the Fugate family, the excessive amount of blue methemoglobin in their blood turned their skin color blue.

There is no suspicion that anyone at the dentist's office acted improperly. In methemoglobinemia, blood cells contain a higher level of methemoglobin — a form of hemoglobin that cannot carry oxygen.

The formation of methemoglobin (MetHb) occurs because the ferrous iron (Fe 2+) in Hb is oxidized to form ferric iron (Fe 3+). (10,11) Under normal conditions, Fe 3+ is reduced to Fe 2+ through ...

Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Over the past 2 decades, increasing research attention is converging on the early detection and monitoring of ...

Recommendations for Management of Clinically Significant Drug-Drug Interactions With Statins and Select Agents Used in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American ...