{"title":"[Submaximal stress test and lactate dynamics following acute myocardial infarct in elderly patients].","authors":"G Dahn, K Kothe, R Knie, H P Ludwig, H Dronski","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Eighty patients were physically conditioned after definite myocardial infarction (WHO definition). The percentage of patients older than 60 years was 28%. Physical conditioning as part of the non-drug therapy of acute myocardial infarction is of great importance also to older patients. The older patient impaired in his/her performance becomes physically more capable by an individually adapted conditioning and can socially better be re-integrated. A suitable parameter for the demonstration of the efficiency of physical conditioning in older patients is the lactate dynamics.</p>","PeriodicalId":23809,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Alternsforschung","volume":"44 5","pages":"305-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13953178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Perioperative risk of valve replacement surgery in the elderly].","authors":"K Kothe, B Porstmann, R Aurisch, J Butzeck","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The indication of surgical valva replacement also at older age (greater than 60 years) with chronically rheumatic valvular diseases requires both the assessment of the pre-operative constellation of findings and perioperative complications. From this combined point of view statements concerning the strategy of valve replacement at older age seem to be concludable. In the frame of a prospective study perioperative parameters were monitored in n = 90 patients with preoperative high-risk constellation out of a total of n = 300 patients for the quick recording of additional complications (such as perioperative myocardial damage, cardiac low output syndrome, and cases of death at the ICU). The average age of the whole group of patients was 52 years (25-68 years), that of the patients greater than 60 years was 63.6 years (61-68 years). In 72% of the older patients the preoperative high-risk constellation was confirmed by 50% deceased; 16% cLOS; 6% perioperative myocardial damage (PMD). On a total of 41% of the patients a combined operation was performed (valve replacement and bypass operation), there of 2/3 with aortic valve replacement and 1/3 with mitral valve replacement. The ejection fraction restricted heavily already before the operation (less than or equal to 30%) was the essential cause of perioperative complications (cases of death, cLOS) together with the combined operation. The immedicable pulmonary hypertension complicated the already preoperatively impaired left-ventricular function in a high percentage of patients with mitral valve replacement.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)</p>","PeriodicalId":23809,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Alternsforschung","volume":"44 5","pages":"267-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13954814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Rehabilitative measures in elderly patients].","authors":"W Geissler","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The age structure of the population shows an increase in older people. In particular cardiovascular diseases become manifest prevailingly beyond the 65th year of life. So, the percentage of care for this age group with cardiovascular diseases will continue to rise in the years to come. Herein measures of rehabilitation with older patients have to be thought over again and put into practice. The comprehensive rehabilitation in this group of patients with a higher percentage of more severely sick patients aims at the maintenance and stabilisation of the physical and psychic capability and at support with social problems. The physician should remain in connection with the older patient in the process of mastering his/her disease and thus contribute to reaching his/her mental balance.</p>","PeriodicalId":23809,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Alternsforschung","volume":"44 5","pages":"253-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13954812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Physical conditioning following acute myocardial infarct in the elderly].","authors":"R Knie, K Kothe, G Dahn, H R Peikert, H P Ludwig","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a prospective study n = 80 patients after acute myocardial infarction, upper age limit 75 years, were conditioned by a 6-week outpatient training programme. 78% of the patients older than 60 years could be conditioned successfully. In particular patients at high risk went through a low level exercise training. Any serious, life-threatening complications have not occurred in the older patients during the training programme. The results provide evidence of the efficiency of the outpatient physical conditioning of older patients in regard to the improvement of the quality of life and the support in social re-integration.</p>","PeriodicalId":23809,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Alternsforschung","volume":"44 5","pages":"299-303"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13953175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G Dahn, K Kothe, H Fiegler, H R Peikert, H Dronski
{"title":"[An orienting stress test following acute myocardial infarct in the elderly].","authors":"G Dahn, K Kothe, H Fiegler, H R Peikert, H Dronski","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a prospective study of 150 patients with definite myocardial infarction (WHO) risk group assignment in the acute phase was done based on lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme monitoring. 28% of the patients were older than 60 years. The informative functional exercise test was performed by the end of the hospital phase according to three risk groups at different times. Low risk on the 14th day, medium risk on the 21st day, and patients at highest risk on the 28th day after the infarction at the earliest. In connection there this test lactate was determined. In older patients, upper age limit 75 years, any severe complications did not occur during exercise. High-risk patients were objectified by the lactate dynamism, and the decision was made on the further individual outpatient design of physical conditioning by means of low level exercise training.</p>","PeriodicalId":23809,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Alternsforschung","volume":"44 5","pages":"293-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13953173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Aortocoronary venous bypass operation in the elderly].","authors":"V K Kothe, B Porstmann, R Aurisch, J Butzeck","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>On the extended diagnosis for an aorto-coronary venous bypass operation, with a greater involvement of patients with instable angina pectoris symptomatik (inApS), left main artery disease (LAD), aneurysmal resection, and \"bad\" ventricle (ejection fraction global less than or equal to 30%), the preoperative risk was evaluated in n = 600 patients. In a total of n = 150 patients with preoperative high-risk constellation perioperative parameters were monitored to find complications (perioperative myocardial damage [PMD], cardiac low output syndrome [LOS]). Among them were n = 40 patients aged greater than 60 years (60-72), their average age being 62.9 years. In 30% of these older patients the preoperative high-risk constellation was confirmed: 15% PMD, 10% LOS, and 5% deceased. The further postoperative course (up to the 6th month) is objectified by the ejection fraction global (EFg) by multiple checks. As a whole, patients greater than 60 years with extended diagnosis for ACVB operation do not show any significant increase in hospital mortality, but an increase in PMD and LOS (p less than 0.001) compared to the age group less than 60 years. With corresponding individual intensive-therapeutic measures, however, both complications can be controlled in the majority of patients. Despite the demonstrated higher perioperative risk, the urgent ACVB operation proved to be strategically right (considering the results of EFg) for increasing the quality of life and improving the expectation of life also for patientes greater than 60 years, in particular with the operation indications of inApS and LAD.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)</p>","PeriodicalId":23809,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Alternsforschung","volume":"44 5","pages":"273-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13954815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Prognostic indices and advanced age in acute myocardial infarct].","authors":"V H Fiegler, K Kothe, G Dahn","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The extent of the acute damage to the myocardium essentially determines the prognosis for patients after acute myocardial infarction. The definition of the risk in the early hospital phase by a semiquantitative evaluation of the infarction size is of great important to the layout of active early mobilisation and is done by iso-enzyme monitoring of lactate dehydrogenase. Beginning, intensity, and duration of the mobilisation programme are fixed individually according to risk groups under consideration of previous myocardial damages and of age. With older patients the stay in hospital is longer, and their performance in the informative exercise test is lower. In the course of the outpatient post-infarction conditioning the peculiarities of the older myocardial infarction patient should be taken into account.</p>","PeriodicalId":23809,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Alternsforschung","volume":"44 5","pages":"281-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13953171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Orienting study of the modification of age-related changes by procaine in the pig].","authors":"M Kietzmann, K Kaemmerer, H A Schoon","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 3 and 14 years old mini pigs age dependent changes as well as the opportunity to modify them with a combination of procaine and haemotoporphyrine, administered daily over 6 weeks in doses of 150 mg procaine hydrochloride per animal (3-5 mg/kg b.w.), were tested. In serum a small age dependent increase in catecholamine concentration was recognized, while the concentration of cortisol was distinctly increased in the older pigs. The monoamine oxidase activity was increased in the liver of the 14 years old pigs while no differences were found in cerebral cortex. Under procaine the old animals showed a clear decrease in monoamine oxidase activity as well as in cholinesterase activity. Furthermore an age dependent decrease of the thymidine triphosphate incorporation rate as well as the amino acid incorporation rate was found in liver, cerebral cortex, small intestine and spleen. Jejunal enzyme activities also were decreased age dependently. Otherwise procaine hydrochloride induced an increase in intestinal enzyme activities of both animal groups. These findings demonstrate that different intermediary processes change age dependently. Also it is shown, that procaine hydrochloride develops intermediary effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":23809,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Alternsforschung","volume":"44 4","pages":"201-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13939270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Effect of procaine and procaine metabolites on coenzyme A and acetyl coenzyme A concentration in various tissues of the rat].","authors":"M Kietzmann, K Kaemmerer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In rats treated with procaine hydrochloride, diethylaminoethanol, monoethylaminoethanol, ethanolamine, as well as a combination of procaine hydrochloride and haematoporphyrine the ratio of acetyl coenzyme A and coenzyme A clearly was enhanced in the liver and to a minor extent in the cerebellum. In the tissue of cerebral cortex, heart, muscle and duodenum no corresponding effects were demonstrated. These findings, showing a further intermediary effect of orally administered procaine, can be interpreted as an influence in intermediary energy utilisation.</p>","PeriodicalId":23809,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Alternsforschung","volume":"44 4","pages":"211-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13939271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Intermediary effectiveness of procaine and procaine metabolites following oral administration].","authors":"K Kaemmerer, M Kietzmann","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The influence of orally administrated procaine hydrochloride and of its metabolites diethylaminoethanol, monoethylaminoethanol and ethanolamine on specific intermediary processes in rats was tested. While the animals got procaine hydrochloride in a single dose or via food the incorporation rate of amino acids in protein was measured in homogenisates of liver tissue by the incorporation of a mixture of 14C-amino acids. Procaine hydrochloride, the commercial product K. H. 3, as well as diethylaminoethanol, monoethylaminoethanol and ethanolamine increased the amino acid incorporation rate in a dose and time dependent mode, while p-aminobenzoic acid remained without any effect. The dose of procaine hydrochloride inducing a maximal reaction was in the range of 50 to 100 mg/kg b. w. (250 to 500 mg/kg food). The minimal active dose was nearly at 10 mg/kg b. w. Paying regard to a metabolic factor of 10 the effective dose-range is nearly the dose used in experience with human beings to influence geriatric complaints. In the study described here haematoporphyrine (a component of the commercial product K. H. 3, not absorbed) shows no specific intermediary effect. May be it promotes the intestinal absorption of procaine hydrochloride by protection against intestinal hydrolysis. The intermediary effect of procaine hydrochloride is to measure on cellular or subcellular level without compatibility to the activity as a local anaesthetic. With regard to other intermediary effects mentioned in the literature like growth promotion or inhibition of monoamine oxidase activity, it is discussed whether the increase of the hepatic amino acid incorporation rate is corresponding to geriatric experiences made with procaine hydrochloride.</p>","PeriodicalId":23809,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Alternsforschung","volume":"44 4","pages":"189-99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13937874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}