[The thrombolysis of a septic portal vein thrombosis with ultrahigh-dosage streptokinase].

Eight days after an appendicectomy a 40-year-old man developed a fever of up to 40.5 degrees C. The concentration of the transaminases was elevated (GOT 61 U/l, GPT 115 U/l, gamma-GT 226 U/l).

[Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the aorta].

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding occurred in a 64-year-old woman who was being treated with 1,000 mg acetylsalicylic acid and three times 5,000 IU heparin daily previous to a planned embolectomy because of occlusion of a lower leg artery. Radiology demonstrated multiple areas of osteolysis of the left thorax which were interpreted as recurrence of carcinoma of the breast, treated by mastectomy and radiotherapy 15 years previously. Acute renal failure, recurring severe back and abdominal pain, paraplegia of both legs and finally death from circulatory failure were explained as having been caused by multiple embolisation in the course of arteriosclerosis or a paraneoplastic increase in clotting activity.

[The LDL-HDL ratio in patients with coronary arteriosclerosis (author's transl)].

In 171 patients with coronary arteriosclerosis the severity of the angiographic findings was assessed by the score of Friesinger. The total serum cholesterol concentration showed an only weak positive correlation with the extent of coronary arteriosclerosis. In contrast, a strict correlation could be documented with the LDL-HDL ratio.

Properties and function of clostridial membrane ATPase.

ATPase (ATP phosphohydrolase, EC 3.6.1.

The internal-alkaline pH gradient, sensitive to uncoupler and ATPase inhibitor, in growing Clostridium pasteurianum.

1. The intracellular pH was measured in growing Clostridium pasteurianum with and acid-base equilibrium distribution method. [14C]Dimethyloxazolidinedione, [14]methylamine and [14C]acetic acid were used as "deltapH-indicators".