[Balloon dilatation in unstable angina pectoris and acute myocardial infarct].

Early results after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in patients with unstable angina or acute myocardial infarction were compared with those in patients with stable angina. The primary success rate in 115 patients with unstable angina was 72%, in 73 with acute myocardial infarction 78%, and in 213 with stable angina 79%, i.e.

The anthelmintic efficacy of netobimin against naturally acquired gastrointestinal nematodes in sheep.

The broad-spectrum anthelmintic efficacy of netobimin (SCH 32481, Schering Corporation) was evaluated using 30 cross-bred spring lambs with naturally acquired infections of gastrointestinal nematodes. Three groups of 10 animals each were allotted into either control (given a tap water drench as a placebo) or 7.5 and 20 mg kg-1 dosage groups (given the netobimin as an oral drench).

Holter monitoring before, during and after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for evaluation of high-resolution trend recordings of leads CM5 and CC5 for ST-segment analysis.

Frequency-modulated Holter monitoring of leads CM5 and CC5 was performed before, during and after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in 16 patients with stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery, in 5 patients with stenosis of the left circumflex coronary artery, and in 5 patients with stenosis of the right coronary artery. All patients presented with 1-vessel coronary artery disease and stable or unstable angina pectoris. ST-segment analysis was based on high-resolution trend recordings.

Myoglobin, creatine kinase-B isoenzyme, and myosin light chain release in patients with unstable angina pectoris.

In 27 patients presenting with angina pectoris at rest and normal serum creatine kinase (CK) activity, cardiac myosin light chains (CM-LC), myoglobin (MG), and CK-B isoenzyme were determined in 7 serial blood samples by radioimmunoassays. Measurable amounts of CM-LC were found in at least one serum sample in 13 patients. MG was found to be elevated in 9, and CK-B in 8 of these patients.

[Silent ischemia in stable angina pectoris. Characteristics in frequency-modulated long-term ECG].

Frequency-modulated (FM) long-term ECGs, leads CM5 and CC5, were analysed to define the features which characterize silent ischemia in stable angina. Of 40 consecutively examined out-patients with angiographically proven coronary heart disease 22 had more than three ischemia-type episodes, of which at least one each was symptomatic or asymptomatic. Compared with the asymptomatic ones, the symptomatic episodes had significantly more ST deviations of greater than or equal to 0.

Eulimdana rauschorum n. sp., a filarioid nematode (Lemdaninae) from Larus dominicanus in Antarctica, with comments on evolution and biogeography.

Eulimdana rauschorum n. sp. is described from southern black-backed gulls, Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein in Antarctica.

Efficacy of clorsulon against mature, naturally acquired Fasciola hepatica infections in cattle and sheep.

Clorsulon (3.5 or 7 mg/kg of body weight) was given orally to mature cows (dairy or beef) and to mature mixed-breed sheep harboring patent infections of Fasciola hepatica. Eighteen animals of each species were assigned to a control group (drug vehicle) or to 1 of 2 treatment (3.

[Long-term frequency-modulated ECG recordings after PTCA in a patient with unstable angina pectoris. A case report].

A patient presenting with unstable angina due to severe stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery encountered 6 episodes with ST segment depressions greater than or equal to 0.1 mV during frequency-modulated Holter monitoring. Four episodes were associated with anginal pain, 2 were asymptomatic.

[Sudden cardiac death in long-term electrocardiography].

An analysis has been made of long-term ECG recordings in 11 patients, 9 men and 2 women, mean age 69 +/- 7 years, who were carrying ECG recording equipment at the time of sudden death. Nine patients had coronary heart disease, one patient a dilatative cardiomyopathy and another one a combined aortic valve defect. Seven patients had a history of syncope.

Alcataenia fraterculae sp. n. from the horned puffin, Fratercula corniculata (Naumann), Alcataenia cerorhincae sp. n. from the rhinoceros auklet, Cerorhinca monocerata (Pallas), and Alcataenia larina pacifica ssp. n. (Cestoda: Dilepididae) in the North Pacific basin.

Three Cestodes representing two species of the genus Alcataenia Spasskaia, 1971 and a subspecies of Alcataenia larina (Krabbe, 1869) are described. Alcataenia fraterculae sp. n.

[R-wave amplitude during left ventricular volume changes in healthy hearts].

The relationship between R-wave amplitude and left ventricular volume was studied in four tests, each including six normal adults. The means of 10 heart cycles of the R-wave amplitude in surface ECG lead V5 (RV5) and the echocardiographically determined left ventricular enddiastolic dimension (LVEDD) were compared before and during different interventions. After inhalation of 0.

[ST-segment depression and R-amplitude changes during bicycle stress test in patients with coronary artery disease (author's transl)].

56 patients were examined with bicycle stress tests. Sensitivity and specificity of ST-segment depression were compared with R-wave amplitude changes. All patients had a coronary angiography because of suspected coronary artery disease (CAD).

Influence of endogenous S-adenosylmethionine on the determination of catechol O-methyltransferase activity in red blood cells.

A double isotope method for the simultaneous determination of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) and catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) activity in red blood cells was developed. Healthy persons contained 7.9 +/- 1.