[Retrospective analysis of short-term and mid-term results of percutaneous endovascular repair in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm].

Introduction: Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) is a modern and, compared to conventional open surgery, less invasive therapeutic strategy with short-term lower morbidity and mortality. The aim of our retrospective analysis was the assessment of safety, technical success, short-term and mid-term results of elective patients scheduled for total percutaneous EVAR implantation (PEVAR).

Material And Methods: One hundred and sixteen consecutive patients (M:F 104:12, age 71±9 years, maximum AAA diameter 60±14mm) underwent elective PEVAR between January 2009 and August 2012.

No difference in intra-arterial and intramuscular delivery of autologous bone marrow cells in patients with advanced critical limb ischemia.

Stem cell therapy has been proposed to be an alternative therapy in patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI), not eligible for endovascular or surgical revascularization. We compared the therapeutic effects of intramuscular (IM) and intra-arterial (IA) delivery of bone marrow cells (BMCs) and investigated the factors associated with therapeutic benefits. Forty-one patients (mean age, 66 ± 10 years; 35 males) with advanced CLI (Rutherford category, 5 and 6) not eligible for revascularization were randomized to treatment with 40 ml BMCs using local IM (n = 21) or selective IA infusion (n = 20).

Antigenic spectrum of soluble serum glycoproteins in rheumatoid arthritis.

Compared with healthy controls, rheumatoid arthritis patients were found to have higher serum (1 M) perchlorate filtrate (CHLF) levels of alpha-antitrypsin. In addition to orosomucoid, alpha2-HS-glycoprotein, haptoglobin, haemopexin and beta2-glycoprotein, the filtrate also contains detectable amounts of albumin, prealbumin and - in patients with high serum glycoprotein levels - also IgA. Serum sulphosalicylate filtrate (SF) contains chiefly orosomucoid, together with alpha1-antitrypsin, haptoglobin, haemopexin and beta2-glycoprotein.

[Globulinopathy and hyperuricemia].

Investigation of the locomotor system of 20 patients is reported. One patient with arthrosis of the hip joint and concomitant osteonecroses had a myeloma. In 5 RA patients the manifestations of secondary amyloidosis are described.