[Diagnosis and treatment for postoperative lobar torsion].

Objective: To analyze retrospectively 8 cases of postoperative lobar torsion after thoracotomy.

Methods: 8 cases of postoperative lobar torsion were collected (5 men and 3 women; median age, 55.0 +/- 7.

[A pig model of myocardial infarction by intracoronary embolization with gelatin sponge].

Objective: We produced a large-animal model of myocardial infarction induced by transcatheter embolization of the left coronary artery using a gelatin sponge.

Methods: Seven pigs underwent transcatheter embolization of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) using gelatin sponge to produce anteroapical myocardial infarction (MI). 4 weeks later, Echocardiography, Coronary angiography and Pathology was performed, and the data were compared with those of the control group (n = 6).