Positive effects of egg-derived phospholipids in patients with metabolic syndrome.

Purpose: Patients with metabolic syndrome (MBS) have an increased risk of all-cause mortality, especially from cardiovascular disease. Egg phospholipids (PL) have been shown to exert a positive impact on cholesterol metabolism and inflammation; eggs are an important source of PL. Our study examined potential effects of egg-yolk-derived PL in non-diabetic patients with MBS.

Comparison and assessment of thyroid morphology and function in inhabitants of Lower Silesia before and after administration of a single dose of iodine-containing contrast agent during cardiac intervention procedure.

Introduction: Inhabitants living in areas with endemic dietary iodine intake deficiency develop nodular goitre. The aim of our study was to evaluate thyroid morphology and function among adults residing in Lower Silesia and to assess the effect on the thyroid gland of an iodine-based contrasting agent administered during a cardiac intervention procedure.

Materials And Methods: The first part of the study (evaluation of thyroid gland) was carried out on 120 subjects (78 men and 42 women).

[Thyrotoxicosis: indications and contraindications for radioiodine treatment].

Treatment of tyrotoxicosis with I131 has been performed successfully for more than 50 years. In the beginning some fears occurred concerning possible oncogenity and gonadal lesions in children. Those restrictions are a history now.

[The influence of ischemia provoked by dobutamine and exercise on presence of late potentials in patients after myocardial infarction].

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was to examine the influence of transient exercise- and dobutamine-induced myocardial ischemia on time domain parameters of signal-averaged ECG (SAECG) and presence of late potentials (LP) in patients after myocardial infarction (MI). The investigation covered 85 patients after healing of MI, divided into two groups. Group I (24 males and 2 females, mean age 56.

[The influence of exercise and dobutamine-induced ischemia on the presence of late potentials in patients after myocardial infarction].

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was to examine the influence of transient exercise- and dobutamine-induced myocardial ischemia on time domain parameters of signal-averaged ECG (SAECG) and presence of late potentials (LP) in patients after myocardial infarction (MI). The investigation covered 85 patients after healing of MI, divided into two groups. Group I (24 males and 2 females, mean age 56.