Effect of dietary oregano essential oil and milk replacer on physiological status and immunological responses of pre- and post-weaned Ghoongroo piglets.

Ghoongroo pigs have good adaptability in a low input production system with high prolificacy. The present study was conducted on pre-and post-weaned Ghoongroo piglets from 2-3 days to 12 weeks of age to evaluate the effect of a milk replacer and oregano essential oil (EO) on growth, physiological and immunological responses. Thirty six piglets were randomly divided into three groups.

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in totally occluded arteries.

Out of 321 consecutive cases of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA), 28 (8.7%) patients underwent PTCA for nonacute total occlusion with no visible antegrade flow. All patients had evidence of reversible ischaemia in the territory of totally occluded artery.

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in distal lesions.

Of 210 patients in whom percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasties [PTCA] were performed during the period of 2 years (June 1987 to August 1989), 55 had distal lesions. These included 50 males and 5 females with the lesions in left anterior descending [LAD] artery after the origin of the second diagonal branch, circumflex [Cx] artery after the origin of the obtuse marginal [OM], and right coronary artery [RCA] after the acute marginal branch. There were a total of 71 distal lesions, involving the LAD [51%], Cx [20%], and RCA [29%].