Bilateral radial and ulnar fractures in a red kangaroo ().

Case Description: An 11-month-old sexually intact male red kangaroo () was examined because of bilateral radial and ulnar fractures.

Clinical Findings: Radiography of the forelimbs revealed bilateral, short oblique fractures in the proximal to mid diaphyses of the radii and ulnae. Fractures were overriding and moderately displaced.

Effect of self-initiated and fully-automated self-measurement on blood pressure.

Self-measurement of blood pressure (BP) is regularly used to diagnose hypertension and to monitor BP at home. We recently showed that self-measurement of BP may elicit a pressor or 'auto-cuff' response. In this study we examined whether the pressor response is different between self-initiated and fully-automated BP measurement.

Tibial fracture repair with angle-stable interlocking nailing in 2 calves.

Objective: To report tibial fracture repairs with I-Loc angle-stable interlocking nails (AS-ILN) in 2 calves.

Study Design: Clinical case reports.

Animals: One 5-day-old Holstein calf and one 3-month-old beefalo calf.

Regional assessment of carotid artery pulse wave velocity using compressed sensing accelerated high temporal resolution 2D CINE phase contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance.

Background: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) allows for non-invasive assessment of arterial stiffness by means of measuring pulse wave velocity (PWV). PWV can be calculated from the time shift between two time-resolved flow curves acquired at two locations within an arterial segment. These flow curves can be derived from two-dimensional CINE phase contrast CMR (2D CINE PC CMR).

Ethnic differences in plasma lipid levels in a large multiethnic cohort: The HELIUS study.

Background: There is limited information on differences in plasma lipid levels among the major ethnic groups in Europe.

Objective: We investigated ethnic differences in plasma lipid levels in a large multiethnic cohort and explored the contribution of obesity and other determinants to ethnic differences in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and triglyceride (TG) levels.

Methods: We compared lipid profiles among 21,617 participants (aged 18 to 70 years) of Moroccan, Ghanaian, South Asian Surinamese, African Surinamese, Turkish and Dutch ethnic origin, living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Effect of anticipation and cuff inflation on blood pressure during self-measurement.

Background: Self-measurement of blood pressure (BP) is increasingly being used for the diagnosis of hypertension and to monitor BP at home. Whenever compared with ambulatory BP measurements, home BP values are frequently higher and less predictive for incident cardiovascular events. We hypothesized that this could be caused by a pressor response elicited by the self-measurement of BP.

Comparison of thoracic duct ligation plus subphrenic pericardiectomy with or without cisterna chyli ablation for treatment of idiopathic chylothorax in cats.

OBJECTIVE To compare duration of surgery, recurrence rate, and survival time between cats with idiopathic chylothorax treated with thoracic duct ligation (TDL) plus subphrenic pericardiectomy (SPC) and those treated with TDL, SPC, and cisterna chyli ablation (CCA). DESIGN Retrospective case series with nested cohort study. ANIMALS 22 client-owned cats surgically treated for idiopathic chylothorax from 2009 through 2014.

Prevalence and reproducibility of differences between home and ambulatory blood pressure and their relation with hypertensive organ damage.

Home and ambulatory blood pressure (BP) better predict cardiovascular disease than office BP, but are not interchangeable. We hypothesised that home BP may be higher than office BP because of anticipatory reactions to self-measurement and studied prevalence and reproducibility of incremental differences between home and daytime ambulatory BP and their relation with hypertensive organ damage. A total of 176 participants (mean age 57.

Ethnicity, lipids and cardiovascular disease.

Purpose Of Review: The prevalence of cardiovascular disease differs among ethnic groups and along geographic boundaries. At present, most of the projected increase in mortality from cardiovascular disease occurs in sub-Saharan African, Chinese and Southeast Asian populations. Ethnic disparities in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease coincide with quantitative and qualitative differences in risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

Effects of prophylactic incisional gastropexy on markers of gastric motility in dogs as determined by use of a novel wireless motility device.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate effects of laparoscopic-assisted incisional gastropexy (LAIG) on gastric motility in dogs by use of a wireless motility device (WMD). ANIMALS 10 healthy client-owned large or giant-breed dogs. PROCEDURES 10 dogs owned by clients interested in prophylactic LAIG were enrolled.

Hypolipidemic drugs in elderly subjects: Indications and limits.

Aims: Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death worldwide. Safety and efficacy of lipid lowering therapy have been clearly established for either primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular events in adults. Nevertheless, the use of hypolipidemic drugs in elderly individuals, especially in the oldest ones, still raises some concerns.

The Effect of Low-Level Laser Therapy on the Healing of Open Wounds in Dogs.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) on acute, full-thickness wound healing in dogs.

Study Design: Randomized block (dog); historical control.

Animals: Adult male Beagles (n = 10).

The relationship between gastrointestinal motility and gastric dilatation-volvulus in dogs.

Gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV) is a devastating disease that most commonly affects large and giant-breed dogs. Though a number of risk factors have been associated with the development of GDV, the etiology of GDV remains unclear. Abnormal gastric motility patterns and delayed gastric emptying have been previously described in dogs following GDV.

Blockade of intra-articular TNF in peripheral spondyloarthritis: its relevance to clinical scores, quantitative imaging and synovial fluid and synovial tissue biomarkers.

Objectives: This open-label study is based on a translational approach with the aim of detecting changes in the clinical condition as well as in imaging and synovial biological markers in both synovial fluid (SF) and synovial tissue (ST) in peripheral spondyloarthritis (SpA) patients following intra-articular (IA) blockade of TNF-α by serial etanercept injections.

Methods: Twenty-seven SpA patients with resistant knee synovitis underwent four biweekly IA injections of etanercept (E) (12.5 mg).

Synovial biomarkers in psoriatic arthritis.

Objective: To find candidate biomarkers of psoriatic arthritis (PsA). A panel of synovial fluid (SF) and synovial tissue (ST) biomarkers was analyzed in patients with resistant peripheral PsA, in relation to clinical and imaging outcomes of synovitis response following serial intraarticular (IA) etanercept injections (12.5 mg).