Peripheral vascular disease and outcomes following coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Hypothesis: There is an increased operative risk in patients with a history of peripheral vascular disease (PVD) who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). There are also outcome differences associated with these patients.

Design: A study from a 10-year hospitalization cohort with prospective data collection.

Anatomic and morphometric changes to gerbil posterior cristas following transtympanic administration of gentamicin and streptomycin.

Many studies have sought to document ototoxic damage and to study repair and regeneration of mammalian vestibular sensory epithelia. However, linear density analysis of the sensory cells or use of methods that focus on detection of actin in the stereocilia and cuticular plates at the reticular lamina detect only the disappearance of "hair cells" as defined by a narrow set of criteria. The research presented here focuses on the effects of two ototoxic drugs (gentamicin and streptomycin).