A case of simultaneous acute cardio-cerebral infarction in a woman with essential thrombocythemia.

Essential thrombocythemia (ET) can cause arterial embolism. Patients with arterial thrombosis usually have additional risk factors, such as smoking and hypertension. We report a 70-year-old woman with ET who had no risk factors, except for age.

Acute myocardial infarction in pregnancy: spasm caused by hyperthyroidism?

We present a 26-year-old woman with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in the 14th week of pregnancy. Coronary angiography revealed no abnormalities in the coronary arteries. She had no history of coronary risk factors such as smoking, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, or dyslipidemia.

[Preliminary study on the association of lanthanum and phosphorous loss from soil].

Through laboratory lysimeter experiments and artificial rainfall experiments, characteristics of P and La transportation from both vertical and horizontal directions are investigated. The association between La and P loss from soil is preliminarily discussed. Results of lysimeter experiment show that both La and P are difficult to transport vertically.