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A case of a 46-year-old man with spontaneous dissection of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) demonstrated by ultrasonography is presented. He was successfully treated by emergency aorto-SMA bypass surgery, but complicated with bilateral internal iliac aneurysm. The patient has remained asymptomatic with full employment.
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Disección Aórtica/cirugía , Arteria Mesentérica Superior , Disección Aórtica/complicaciones , Disección Aórtica/diagnóstico por imagen , Humanos , Aneurisma Ilíaco/complicaciones , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , UltrasonografíaRESUMEN
A 55-year-old male patient underwent CABG for triple-vessel disease using the minimal access approach. The procedure was performed through a limited (10 cm) left para-sternal thoracotomy using extracorporeal circulation established with a usual aortic cannula, and pulmonary arterial and right atrial drainage. The myocardium was protected by antegrade administration of cold cardioplegic solution while the aorta was being cross-clampled. The saphenous vein graft was connected sequentially to the 4 PD and OM branches, and the left internal thoracic artery was grafted to the LAD. The postoperative course was uneventful and coronary angiography showed that all three grafts were patent. The patient was discharged one week postoperatively.
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Puente de Arteria Coronaria/métodos , Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Mínimamente Invasivos/métodos , Enfermedad Coronaria/cirugía , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana EdadRESUMEN
We report here two cases of priapism. One of these cases was suspected to be drug induced and high and low flow mixed type. The patient had taken the drugs, alpha-blocker for hypertension and dysuria by BPH for a long time. He was treated by a caveno-glandular shunt. After surgery, detumescence was obtained for some time, but erection appeared again soon. Transcatheter embolization of the internal pudendal arteries was then performed, and detumescence became permanent. The other case was an idiopathic and high flow type. Detumescence was achieved soon by transcatheter embolization of the internal pudendal arteries only, then he experienced morning erection imperfectly on the 9th day after this treatment. The management of priapism as reported to date is also reviewed.
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Embolización Terapéutica , Pene/irrigación sanguínea , Priapismo/terapia , Anciano , Arterias , Circulación Sanguínea , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Pene/cirugía , Priapismo/cirugíaRESUMEN
A 16-year-old boy was admitted to the hospital because of chest pain, dyspnea, and syncope. Physical examination revealed blood pressure of 100/60 mmHg, regular pulse of 120 beats/min, and respiratory rate of 30/min. Pulsation of the right ventricle was palpable in the left margin of the parasternum. An increased second sound was audible in the second inter-costal lesion of the left subclavicle mid-line. Results of blood tests were close to normal limits, except for slight leukocytosis and elevation of the LDH value. Analysis of artery blood gas showed hypoxia. The chest x-ray film showed cardiac enlargement. The value of systolic pulmonary artery pressure was estimated to be 47 mmHg by the cardiac echogram, which revealed enlargement of the right ventricle. Pulmonary embolism was suspected from the above findings. The value of pulmonary artery pressure was found to be 49/19 mmHg by Swan-Ganz catheter. Angiography of the pulmonary artery revealed filling defects of right in the right pulmonary artery. Tissue plasminogen activator was injected directly to the right pulmonary artery. After that, chest pain and dyspnea were relieved. In addition, arterial oxygen improved and pulmonary artery pressure decreased. At the 6th day after admission, the defect in the pulmonary artery angiography disappeared. Deep vein thrombosis of both femoral veins was recognized as a cause of pulmonary embolism by angiography of the femoral vein.
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Embolia Pulmonar/tratamiento farmacológico , Activador de Tejido Plasminógeno/uso terapéutico , Adolescente , Humanos , Inyecciones Intraarteriales , Masculino , Arteria Pulmonar , Activador de Tejido Plasminógeno/administración & dosificaciónRESUMEN
A female infant presenting congenital ascites, hepatosplenomegaly, coarse face, and delayed mental and physical development is described. Oligosaccharides in the urine and the abdominal ascites of this patient were investigated by Bio-Gel column chromatography. The level of urinary oligosaccharides excreted (nmol/mg creatinine) by the patient was 25.8 times the levels of the controls. The oligosaccharides in the urine and the ascites were composed almost entirely of sialyl oligosaccharides. The structures of urinary oligosaccharides were the same as those of oligosaccharides in the ascites. The ratio of high molecular weight sialyl oligosaccharides with repeating structures to low molecular weight sialyl oligosaccharides was higher in the ascites than in the urine.
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Enfermedades por Almacenamiento Lisosomal/metabolismo , Neuraminidasa/deficiencia , Oligosacáridos/aislamiento & purificación , Ascitis/metabolismo , Secuencia de Carbohidratos , Femenino , Humanos , Lactante , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Peso Molecular , Oligosacáridos/química , Oligosacáridos/orinaRESUMEN
Several factors, such as environment and heredity, are presumed to be related to longevity. Of these nutrition is believed to function as a regulatory factor. Okinawa prefecture is well known as the leading area for longevity in the world. We therefore examined present and past nutrition records together with the background of all the 88 centenarians (18 male, 70 female) who are living in Okinawa in 1991. Their leading occupation was agriculture, and they were in work until the 8th decade. They took rice or potato as carbohydrate with abundant vegetables and vegetable protein or fish protein. Although they did not take a rich diet it was well balanced, and was assumed to be related to longevity because of the decreased incidence of atherosclerosis; together with a good genetic background, suggested by the accumulation of longevity in their siblings.
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Anciano de 80 o más Años , Encuestas sobre Dietas , Longevidad , Anciano , Composición Familiar , Femenino , Humanos , Japón , Masculino , OcupacionesRESUMEN
Ten patients were examined with air-CT cisternography. Two acoustic neurinomas protruding into the cistern were visualized as filling defects in the air. Air-CT cisternography identified the 2 tumors with a sensitivity rate of 100%. This retrospective study is aimed to assess the diagnostic efficacy of Air-CT in relation to MRI, enhanced CT and other radiographic studies.
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Cisterna Magna/diagnóstico por imagen , Neumorradiografía , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X , Adulto , Anciano , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Neuroma Acústico/diagnóstico por imagenRESUMEN
A girl with partial trisomy 9q is reported. She was characterized by dolichomorphism, abnormalities of the digits, a cardiac defect and craniofacial dysmorphism. A high-resolution analysis revealed the karyotype to be: 46,XX,-3,+ der(3)t(3;9)(q29;q13) de novo. A phenotype-karyotype correlation study in 22 cases of partial trisomies 9q supported the delineation of a trisomy 9q3 syndrome. The smallest region of overlap was confined to 9q32.
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Anomalías Múltiples/genética , Cromosomas Humanos Par 3 , Cromosomas Humanos Par 9 , Trisomía , Bandeo Cromosómico , Huesos Faciales/anomalías , Femenino , Válvulas Cardíacas/anomalías , Humanos , Lactante , Cariotipificación , Trastornos Psicomotores/genética , Cráneo/anomalíasAsunto(s)
Lactancia Materna , Factores de Edad , Brasil , Femenino , Humanos , Lactante , Recién Nacido , Masculino , Encuestas Nutricionales , Factores Sexuales , DesteteRESUMEN
Em 1977 foi realizado um inquerito no municipio de Paulinia, Estado de Sao Paulo (Brasil), com a finalidade de se estudar o aleitamento materno das criancas de ate 2 anos de idade. O inquerito forneceria dados a serem utilizados para avaliar um programa de estimulo ao aleitamento materno, a ser desenvolvido mais tarde. A idade media das criancas no desmame foi 3.3 meses, e 2.2 meses ao comecar a tomar leite em mamadeira. No final do primeiro mes, 74% das criancas estavam sendo amamentadas e 57% estavam com aleitamento exclusivo.As criancas de maes com 28 anos ou mais tiveram uma amamentacao exclusiva significativamente mais longa que as criancas de maes mais jovens. A residencia, urbano/rural, e o sexo das criancas nao influiram na duracao da amamentacao