En bloc heart and lung transplantation in Finland 1988-1996.

Unlabelled: The purpose of the study was to review the first clinical experience in combined heart-lung transplantation in our institution.

Material: From June 1988 to December 1996 15 en bloc heart and lung transplantations were performed. There were nine men and six women, aged 17-61 (mean 42.

Heart transplantation in Finland 1985-1995.

Background And Aims: Since improved immunosuppression in the 1980's, heart transplantation is a well established procedure to treat patients with end-stage heart failure. The first heart transplantation in Finland was performed in 1985. Since then the activity has gradually increased to a level of about 25 annual transplants.

Value of high-resolution computed tomography in routine evaluation of lung transplantation recipients during development of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome.

Background: Chronic rejection is a major long-term complication after lung transplantation. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the role of repeated high-resolution computed tomographic examinations in monitoring the development of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation.

Methods: A total of 126 high-resolution computed tomographic examination in 13 lung transplant recipients was analyzed.

Time course of beta 2-integrin CD11b/CD18 (Mac-1, alpha M beta 2) upregulation on neutrophils and monocytes after coronary artery bypass grafting. CD11b upregulation after CABG surgery.

Although upregulation of CD11b/CD18 receptor, i.e. activation of neutrophils and monocytes, during cardiopulmonary bypass is well documented, the duration of the active state after uncomplicated operation is less understood.

Perivascular sympathectomy does not remove adrenergic nerves from distal vessels. The effect of various denervations on the rat saphenous bundle: a histochemical study.

It has been claimed earlier that perivascular sympathectomy removes distal adrenergic innervation of the vessels. Based on preliminary results suggesting the contrary, the purpose of this work was to reconsider the denervation effect of perivascular sympathectomy. We operated on 40 rats using different denervation methods mainly to test the effects of perivascular sympathectomy on the distal saphenous vessels of the leg.