Magnesium and calcium concentration in the abdominal aorta of patients deceased by ischemic heart disease.

Magnesium (Mg) and calcium (Ca) concentrations were determined in the abdominal aorta of 28 patients who died by acute myocardial infarction (AMI), of 52 by ischemic heart disease (IHD) and of 26 subjects deceased by accidents or from causes other than atherosclerosis. Mg concentration in the fibrous and calcareous plaques, was significantly lower than in controls. The lowest Mg values were found in those who died by AMI.

Effect of cuprofilin on experimental atherosclerosis.

The effect of Cuprofilin, a newly synthesized C.(II)-chlorophyll complex, was assessed in rats with experimental atherosclerosis. The study was focused on changes in serum cholesterol, lipids, and triglycerides concentration as well as on serum and abdominal aorta Cu and Zn values.

Concentration of copper, zinc, chromium, iron and nickel in the abdominal aorta of patients deceased with coronary heart disease.

The Cu, Zn, Cr, Fe, and Ni concentrations from the atherosclerotic plaques in the abdominal aorta obtained from 40 patients who died of coronary heart disease (CHD) were measured. In 32 of them the clinical and anatomical diagnosis was ischemic heart disease (IHD) and in 8 of them it was acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Concomitant determinations of the concentrations of the above trace elements were determined in 16 normal aortas from subjects who died in accidents or from causes other than atherosclerosis (C).

[Supplementation of energy intake in premature infants by parenteral administration of lipids].

Premature infants are at risk for malnutrition and essential fatty acid deficiency. The authors administered 0.5 g of lipids by parenteral route as an adjuvant to enteral feeding, in 30 healthy premature infants aged 14 days to 6 weeks, with a body weight at birth of 1,879 +/- 325 g, presenting a slow rate of weight gain.

[Mineral composition of the milk of mothers of premature infants during early lactation].

The authors have assessed the concentration of sodium (Na), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), lithium (Li), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in the milk of mothers with premature births, during the first month of lactation. The levels of Na, Cu and Mn were decreased and those of K, Ca, Mg, Zn and Li were unchanged. The needs of Na, Ca and Mn for the premature infants are insufficient.