[Scintigraphy using 99m-TC HM-PAO labeled autologous granulocytes in the diagnosis of Whipple's disease].

Whipple's disease is a systemic disease, mainly localized in the small intestine, that even today shows some difficulties about its etiopathogenesis and diagnosis. The surveys usually used in the diagnosis, among which the biopsy is an indispensable test, have some limits particularly in follow-up. The 99mTc-HM-PAO labelled granulocytes scintigraphy may be a useful alternative method in the evaluation of location and extension of the Whipple's disease.

[Myocardial revascularization in patients with severe ventricular impairment. Short-term follow-up].

To assess the influence of aorto-coronary bypass grafting on surgical risk and short-term survival of patients with marked impairment of left ventricular (LV) function, we evaluated--among 435 patients who underwent coronary bypass surgery between January 1981 and December 1982--22 cases with: LV ejection fraction (EF) less than or equal to 0.35 (mean 0.27 +/- 0.