[A Patient with Lung Cancer Experiencing Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture during Bevacizumab Treatment-Case Report].

Case: Right pleural effusion was detected on chest X-ray performed prior to surgery for a right inguinal hernia in a 63-yearold man. Adenocarcinoma was diagnosed based on pleural effusion cytology results. A CT scan revealed mediastinal lymphadenopathy and pleural dissemination, but no obvious lung tumor; other examinations also did not reveal a primary tumor.

Weak ferromagnetism derived from spin canting in an amido-bridged homochiral Mn(iii) 1-D coordination polymer.

A homochiral one-dimensional (1D) Mn(iii) coordination polymer [MnL] (1) was synthesised employing the NO-donor tetradentate ligand (L = 2-hydroxy-N-[2-[[(2-aminophenyl)methylene]amino]-2-methylpropyl]-benzamide). The X-ray structure of 1 and its magnetic properties were investigated in detail. The crystal structure of 1 shows a homochiral helical arrangement in which spontaneous resolution has occurred, despite the ligand being achiral.

[A Case of Advanced Squamous Cell Lung Cancer with Hemodialysis Treated with Carboplatin and Paclitaxel].

We herein describe a patient on hemodialysis with advanced squamous cell lung cancer who was treated with chemotherapy that consisted of carboplatin(CBDCA)and paclitaxel(PTX). A 54-year-old man who was undergoing a routine hemodialysis for chronic renal failure presented with cold symptoms and was prescribed antibiotics.As no symptomatic improvement was achieved, he was referred to the Department of Internal Medicine in our hospital, where computed tomographic scan findings raised the suspicion of lung cancer.

Crystal structure of [2-({2-[(2-azanidyl-benzyl-idene)amino]-benzyl-idene}amino)-4-chloro-phenol-ato]nickel(II).

The title complex, [Ni(CHClNO)], with an asymmetrically chloride-appended Schiff base ligand has been synthesized and structurally characterized at 100 K. In the compound, the central nickel(II) ion has a square-planar coordination geometry with NO donors of the π-conjugated tetra-dentate Schiff base ligand. In the crystal, the complexes are connected into an inversion dimer an Ni⋯Ni inter-action [3.

Small subunit of a cold-resistant plant, Timothy, does not significantly alter the catalytic properties of Rubisco in transgenic rice.

Effects of overexpression of high activity-type Rubisco small subunit (RbcS) from a cold-resistant plant, timothy (Phleum pratense), on kinetic properties of Rubisco were studied in rice (Oryza sativa). The full-length mRNA sequence of timothy RbcS (PpRbcS1) was determined by 5'RACE and 3'RACE. The coding sequence of PpRbcS1 was fused to the chlorophyll a/b-binding protein promoter and introduced into rice.

Possible role of damaged neoendothelial cells in the genesis of coronary stent thrombus in chronic phase. A dye staining angioscopic study.

The mechanism(s) underlying formation of coronary stent thrombus (ST) in chronic phase is yet unclear. Endothelial cells are highly antithrombotic, therefore, it is conceivable that neoendothelial cells (NECs) covering stent struts are damaged and cause ST. This study was performed to examine the role of damaged NECs covering coronary stent struts in the genesis of occlusive or nonocclusive ST in chronic phase.

Functional medial thickening and folding of the internal elastic lamina in coronary spasm.

Although there are a number of studies on vasospastic angina, the structural changes at the cellular level that occur in the coronary arterial wall during spasm are not well known. Coronary spasm was induced by brushing the coronary adventitia in nine anesthetized beagles, and structural changes in the spastic coronary segments were examined by light and electron microscopy, making comparisons with the adjacent nonspastic segments. The % diameter stenosis of the spastic segments as measured angiographically was 79.

Fluffy luminal surface of the non-stenotic culprit coronary artery in patients with acute coronary syndrome: an angioscopic study.

Background: Approximately 15% of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) cases have no significant coronary stenosis. Mechanisms underlying the attacks are, however, unknown.

Methods And Results: The clinical study had 254 patients with ACS; 38 patients (31 females and 7 males; aged 51.

Formation of web- and membrane-like structures on the edges of bare-metal coronary stents.

Background: Web-like (W) and membrane-like (M) structures have been observed on coronary stent edges on angioscopy but their incidence and mechanisms remain obscure.

Methods And Results: First, 26 patients [acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in 10 and stable angina (SA) in 16] underwent angioscopy of the stented coronary artery immediately after, and 32 patients (ACS in 18 and SA in 14) 6 months after insertion of bare-metal stents. Second, angioscopy of the stented coronary artery was performed in 4 beagles 5 h after, and in 9 beagles 1 month after stenting.

Initial and long-term outcomes of sirolimus-eluting stents for calcified lesions compared with bare-metal stents.

The aim of this study was to compare the initial and long-term outcomes of sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) and bare-metal stents (BMS) in patients with calcified lesions without performing rotational atherectomy. The subjects were 79 consecutive lesions (38 in the SES group and 41 in the BMS group) which were confirmed to have superficially calcified lesions by intravascular ultrasound. In all lesions, the stent was implanted after predilatation with a balloon.

Chronobiological analysis by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring of the hyperbaric and hypobaric indexes for evaluation of the antihypertensive effect of long-acting nifedipine.

Background: It has been suggested that chronobiology can provide new insights into the evaluation and treatment of cardiovascular disease. In the present study the hyperbaric index (hyperBI) and hypobaric index (hypoBI) were compared with the mean blood pressure (BP) over 24 h to evaluate the antihypertensive effect of long-acting nifedipine on essential hypertension.

Methods And Results: Fourteen patients were treated with nifedipine CR (20-40 mg/day) for 6 months.

Atrial septal pacing to resynchronize atrial contraction and improve atrial transport function.

Objectives: Atrial septal pacing via a trans-septal breakthrough site within the right atrial septum can shorten global atrial activation time, resulting in significant reduction of recurrence of atrial fibrillation events. This study examined whether this pacing method will lead to resynchronization of atrial contraction and its benefit on hemodynamic function can be maintained for 24 months.

Methods: Thirty patients with atrial fibrillation and delayed atrial conduction were enrolled (17 males, 13 females, mean age 73 +/- 7 years).