{"title":"Elevated circulating levels of von Willebrand factor and D-dimer in patients with heart failure and mechanical prosthesis.","authors":"P Mastroroberto, M Chello, F Perticone","doi":"10.3109/14017439609107246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/14017439609107246","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To test the hypothesis of association between heart failure and altered haemostatic balance in patients with a mechanical valve prosthesis, comparisons were made between 20 patients with mitral valve replacement and stable chronic heart failure (group A), 20 with the same prosthesis but satisfactory haemodynamics (group B) and 20 age-matched controls (group C). The left ventricular ejection fraction was significantly highest (p < 0.001) in group A. The pulmonary artery systolic pressure was also highest in group A (p < 0.001), without significant difference between groups B and C. Two group A patients had a transient ischaemic attack. The D-dimer plasma concentrations and the antigenic and biologic von Willebrand factor activities were significantly greatest in group A. Significant correlation was found between the plasma concentrations of these activities and pulmonary artery systolic pressure and between D-dimer and ejection fraction. Platelet-activating factor was detected only in six group A patients. The observed relationship between haemostatic factors and heart failure in patients with mechanical heart-valve prosthesis advocates careful evaluation of von Willebrand factor and D-dimer in order to prevent embolic events in such cases.</p>","PeriodicalId":76527,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery","volume":"30 2","pages":"77-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/14017439609107246","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19824099","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":"Surgical treatment of acute infective endocarditis at Tartu University Hospital 1984-1993.","authors":"H Kuiv, T Saar, M Ress","doi":"10.3109/14017439609107247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/14017439609107247","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acute infective endocarditis was surgically treated in 42 patients (36 male, 6 female), aged 6-66 (mean 43.9) years. The causal microorganism was identified in 26 cases (61.9%) and the portal of entry in 12. The main indication for surgery was cardiac failure. In 23 cases (54.7%) only the aortic valve was affected. The mean NYHA function class was 3.35 preoperatively and 1.85 postoperatively. All typical surgical findings were preoperatively recognized at echocardiography. Twenty-six ball-type and 16 tilting disk valves were inserted. The early mortality was 4.7% (2 cases), due to low cardiac output and bleeding. High early postoperative morbidity (23%), possibly resulted from too long interval from onset of disease to surgery, viz. 1-18 (mean 6.3) months. It is concluded that timely operation for acute infective endocarditis is effective.</p>","PeriodicalId":76527,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery","volume":"30 2","pages":"83-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/14017439609107247","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19824100","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":"Postoperative arrhythmias and myocardial electrolytes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.","authors":"B M Jensen, P Alstrup, N A Klitgård","doi":"10.3109/14017439609107258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/14017439609107258","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Electrolyte changes in right atrial and skeletal muscle pre- intra- and postoperatively, and their relationship to the development of postoperative atrial fibrillation or flutter were evaluated in 31 patients with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Such postoperative arrhythmias occurred in 14 patients (45%). Before CABG the skeletal muscle potassium concentration was lower in these patients than in the others: median 261.4 (range 148.2-329.5) vs 298.6 (167.1-416.4) mumol/g dry weight, p = 0.017. The right atrial potassium concentration was normal, but sodium levels were higher in the patients with, than in those without postoperative arrhythmias: median 340.3 (263.7-454.9) vs 296.3 (203.9-355.0) mumol/g dry weight, p = 0.008, indicating disturbed transmembrane electrolyte transfer. During CABG the potassium levels fell and sodium increased in both right atrium and skeletal muscle, and on postoperative day 2 the potassium content in skeletal muscle was not yet restored. Magnesium levels showed no changes in right atrium or skeletal muscle, but serum magnesium declined postoperatively. As the observed electrolyte derangements may be important in the development of postoperative arrhythmias, concomitant potassium and magnesium supplement postoperatively may be beneficial in restoring cellular potassium concentration.</p>","PeriodicalId":76527,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery","volume":"30 3-4","pages":"133-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/14017439609107258","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19939761","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":"Transdiaphragmatic cyst-jejunostomy with Roux-en-Y loop for an exclusively mediastinal pancreatic pseudocyst.","authors":"L Kotsis, L Agócs, S Kostic, P Vadász","doi":"10.3109/14017439609107266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/14017439609107266","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a patient presenting with a roentgenographic retrocardiac density, left pleural effusion and distal oesophageal displacement, echocardiography confirmed presence of a pseudocyst in the posterior mediastinum. Pancreatic origin was suspected. Left thoracolaparotomy revealed the large (900 ml), exclusively mediastinal pseudocyst, surrounding the aorta and adherent to the diaphragm, with high amylase content. Decompression was achieved with a retrocolic and gastric Roux-en-Y loop by transdiaphragmatic cystojejunostomy.</p>","PeriodicalId":76527,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery","volume":"30 3-4","pages":"181-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/14017439609107266","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19939769","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":"Relationships between divisions of the lingular bronchus and vascularization patterns in the lingula.","authors":"R Maciejewski, S Jablonka, Z Wójtowicz","doi":"10.3109/14017439609107238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/14017439609107238","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 100 left human lungs the main bronchus, the pulmonary artery and the pulmonary veins were injected with 65% methyl methacrylate (Duracryl) and then digested in sulphuric acid. The resulting specimens were studied concerning the divisions of the lingular bronchus and the types of arterial and venous vascularization of the lingula. As a rule the lingular bronchus divided into two segmental bronchi. A single lingular artery was found in 80% of the cases and a single lingular vein in 58%. Atypical bronchial divisions were almost always associated with unusual types of vascularization. Patterns of bronchial division showed complete concordance with those of arterial vascularization of the lingula in 64% of the lungs and consistency with venous drainage patterns in 54%.</p>","PeriodicalId":76527,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery","volume":"30 1","pages":"35-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/14017439609107238","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19701136","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":"Diaphragmatic hernia following transhiatal esophagectomy.","authors":"H Reich, A Y Lo, J C Harvey","doi":"10.3109/14017439609107251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/14017439609107251","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Transitional esophagectomy (THE) has been advocated as an alternative to the classic transthoracic approach. A variety of complications have been previously described with THE however, these can be avoided with meticulous detail to its technique. We report a patient who developed a complete small bowel obstruction secondary to a diaphragmatic hernia following transhiatal esophagectomy. Techniques to prevent such a rare complication is described.</p>","PeriodicalId":76527,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery","volume":"30 2","pages":"101-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/14017439609107251","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19825918","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}
E J Pehkonen, E L Honkonen, P J Mäkynen, M J Kataja, M R Tarkka
{"title":"Conduction disturbances after different blood cardioplegia modes in coronary artery bypass grafting. Including comparison with an earlier patient series.","authors":"E J Pehkonen, E L Honkonen, P J Mäkynen, M J Kataja, M R Tarkka","doi":"10.3109/14017439609107260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/14017439609107260","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>One-hundred and nine patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting were randomized to seven groups according to cardioplegia technique (5 types) and right coronary patho-anatomy (2 types). There were no major intergroup differences in postoperative outcome. Conduction disturbances developed in 26 patients, also without intergroup difference. Factors predictive of conduction disturbances were studied by univariate and multivariate analyses. Patients with such disturbances had lower myocardial temperatures than the others and more often postoperative atrial fibrillation (10/26 vs 15/83, p < 0.05). Comparison of this case series with a prospective study from our hospital in 1988-1989 showed that myocardial protection was superior in the present study. The incidence of right bundle branch block was similar in the two studies (24% vs 23%), but that of left-side conduction disturbances (bundle branch or fascicular block) was dramatically reduced (19% vs 1%, p < 0.0001) concomitantly with improved myocardial protection, indicating that development of a left-side conduction disturbance is associated with myocardial injury.</p>","PeriodicalId":76527,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery","volume":"30 3-4","pages":"149-55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/14017439609107260","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19939763","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":"Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma after gastrectomy for benign ulcer disease.","authors":"N Y Hsu, C Y Chen, J T Chen, C P Hsu","doi":"10.3109/14017439609107237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/14017439609107237","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Of 684 patients treated for squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus in 1982-1993, 19 (2.8%) had previously undergone partial gastrectomy for benign ulcer disease. The average interval between gastrectomy and diagnosis of oesophageal carcinoma was 14 years. In six of the 19 (31.6%) cases the carcinoma was in the lower thoracic oesophagus, an incidence not significantly higher than the 25% in the total series. The oesophageal resectability rates were 52.6% in the gastrectomized patients and 44.4% in the total series (intergroup difference not significant). Of the ten gastrectomized patients who underwent oesophageal resection, only one had oesophagitis at the oesophagogastric junction, without significant histologic characteristics. The relationship between oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma and previous gastrectomy for benign ulcer disease may be incidental.</p>","PeriodicalId":76527,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery","volume":"30 1","pages":"29-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/14017439609107237","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19701888","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":"Ten-year survival after resection for lung carcinoma. Effect of blood transfusion and tumour stage on outcome.","authors":"P Rainio, R Bloigu, J Satta, R Pokela, P Pääkkö","doi":"10.3109/14017439609107248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/14017439609107248","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objectives were to evaluate the prognosis in resected lung cancer and to observe if perioperative blood transfusion adversely affects the prognosis. Of 208 patients with resection for lung cancer in 1978-1980, all but five were smokers: 127 had squamous cell and 81 non-squamous cell carcinoma. Stage I disease was found in 143 patients. (69%), stage II in 18 (9%) and stage IIIa in 47 (23%). Five-year survival was 52% in stage I, 29% in stage II and 7% in stage IIIa tumour; the respective 10-year rates were 37, 19 and 3%. Patients given perioperative blood transfusion (n = 95) had poorer prognosis than the non-transfused patients. According to Cox multivariate analysis, however, the relative risk of death was only slightly increased by perioperative transfusion (p = 0.07). In patients with stage II or IIIa carcinoma at diagnosis, this relative risk was 2.17 and 4.99 times higher than in stage I (p = 0.004 and p = 0.0001). Long-term survival thus was related to extent of the disease at diagnosis rather than to numbers of blood transfusions.</p>","PeriodicalId":76527,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery","volume":"30 2","pages":"87-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/14017439609107248","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19824101","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}