Vasodilators as first-line therapy for congestive heart failure: a comparative hemodynamic study of hydralazine, digoxin, and their combination.

Although digitalis and vasodilators both enhance cardiac performance in patients with congestive heart failure, their relative efficacy is unknown. Accordingly, the acute hemodynamic effects of intravenous hydralazine (0.15 mg/kg), digoxin (1.

The effect of medial amygdalotomy and anterior hippocampotomy on behavior and seizures in epileptic patients.

In 70 patients with epilepsy and severe behavioural disturbances with EEG changes in the temporal regions, we performed EEG investigations of deep temporal structures, temporal cortex and scalp, using Talairach's stereotactic apparatus. Taking into account the recorded changes we performed 115 stereotactic lesions on the medial amygdala (both unilaterally and bilaterally) and on the anterior hippocampus (cornu Ammonis). The results in epileptic processes were: total recovery in 11.

[Comparison of the changes in bioelectric activity recorded simultaneously from the amygdaloid body and the hippocampus and from the cranial surface during the stereoelectroencephalographic examination in epilepsy].

The authors analysed 95 SEEG records in epileptics with prevalent temporal-lobe changes comparing the bioelectric activity of the brain recorded simultaneously in the amygdala, hippocampus, temporal cortex and cranial surface during these investigations and relating them to EEG records obtained before the operation. In these records pathological elements typical of epilepsy were found occurring in different variants synchronously or asynchronously in leads at three above mentioned levels. In the findings reported attention is called to occurrence of seizure discharges in the amygdala and hippocampus which had no equivalent in cortical or cranial bioactivity records.