Specific features of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive obese women. An echocardiographic study.

The echocardiographic features of the left ventricle of 37 obese women (body mass index above 30) and 37 lean controls, matched for sex, age, height and blood pressure levels, were studied. Twenty-six patients in each group were hypertensive. The normotensive obese patients did not show any differences, comparing to the normotensive controls; on the contrary, the hypertensive obese patients had higher left ventricular mass (LVM), stroke volume and cardiac output (CO), and lower total peripheral resistance (TPR) than the hypertensive controls.

Transcutaneous oxygen tension (TcPO2) measurement as a diagnostic tool in patients with peripheral vascular disease.

Transcutaneous oxygen tension (TcPO2) was measured through Clark's electrode at the dorsum of the foot in 52 healthy controls whose ages ranged from twenty to sixty-five years (mean 45.05 +/- 14.09) and 36 nondiabetic patients with peripheral vascular disease (PVD) (5 stage I, 16 stage II, 4 stage III, 11 stage IV), under standardized conditions at rest and during recovery from limb ischemia obtained with pneumatic cuff compression for 3 minutes.

[Prevalence, characteristics and clinical correlates of left ventricular hypertrophy in stable hypertension. Echocardiographic study].

251 in stable hypertensives were studied with M-Mode and two-dimensional echocardiography, in order to evaluate the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), its patterns and clinical correlates. 54 subjects (21%) had been treated previously with antihypertensive drugs while the remaining 197 (79%) had not. A normal left ventricle was found in 69 subjects (27.

Hemispheric TIA and amaurosis fugax: what is their relation to stenotic lesions of internal carotid artery?

We evaluated the correlation of clinical and echo-Doppler findings from the internal carotid artery (ICA) in 17 patients with amaurosis fugax (AF) and in 68 patients with hemispheric TIA (H-TIA). In the study population as a whole, moderate stenoses (20%-49% diameter reduction) were the most prevalent finding in the symptomatic ICA, being detectable in 51.6% of cases.

[Initial experience with clotiapine in the treatment of heroin addiction].

Experience in treating heroin addicts with a major neuroleptic, Chlothiapin (Entumin Sandoz) is described. Treatment was begun on 16 cases and completed on 12. Slight signs of asthenia appeared in three cases.