[Pulsed wave tissue Doppler echocardiography].

Tissue Doppler imaging is a recently developed technique that allows direct measurement of regional or global systolic and diastolic myocardial motion velocities. Myocardial velocities may be recorded in the pulsed wave tissue Doppler (PWTD) or color tissue Doppler. Pulsed wave tissue Doppler appears to be relatively independent of preload and provides important information in various heart diseases.

Interferon therapy for acute hepatitis C during pregnancy.

Objective: Due to their antiproliferative activity, the probable effects of interferons on a fetus are a concern. We report on a pregnant patient who developed acute hepatitis C during pregnancy and was treated with a short course of interferon alfa therapy with a successful outcome.

Case Summary: A 26-year-old woman was diagnosed with acute hepatitis C at the 16th week of pregnancy.

Superior mesenteric artery aneurysm.

A 38-year old woman with mid-epigastric pain, diarrhea, and weight loss, underwent resection of a superior mesenteric artery aneurysm and primary repair of the artery. Pathological examination showed degenerative atherosclerotic changes, marked medial and intimal thickening, and vegetations. Microbiological studies demonstrated Streptococcus viridans as the infecting organism of this mycotic aneurysm.

[The effectiveness of hemopoietic growth factors in sepsis].

In this experimental study, consist of 54 Sprague-Dawley rats, we tried to observe the effectiveness of haemopoietic growth factors such as G-CSF and GM-CSF in treatment of sepsis and see if they have any effects on phagocytic activity of macrophages when are administered after establishment of sepsis. In first phase of this study, twenty one rats were randomly divided into three groups of 7 animals each. Cecal ligation and perforation were carried out in each rat and sepsis made up.

Hydroxyethyl starch solution: is it a new alternative way of treatment in bacterial translocation?

In this experimental study, the effects of mannitol and hydroxyethyl starch solution (HES) on bacterial translocation were evaluated in a rat model of simple mechanical bowel obstruction. The mechanical bowel obstruction was created by ligation of the ileum 1 cm proximal to the ileocecal valve. Excluding the control group (n = 7), the rats were given 2 ml of mannitol or 2 ml of 6% hydroxyethyl starch solution intraperitoneally during the procedure.

Ulex Europeus Agglutinin (UEA-I) lectin binding in breast carcinoma and its relationship to prognostic factors.

In this study, lectin binding was compared with pathological prognostic factors and clinical follow-up details. Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues from 43 cases of breast carcinoma were studied for binding with Ulex Europeus Agglutinin (UEA-I) lectin. Staining results were compared with tumor size, histologic and nuclear grade, lymph node status (number, capsular and pericapsular invasion), blood and lymphatic vessel invasion, ER and PR status, clinical stage and the patients' short-term follow-up details.