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A Takeuchi

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PubMed1986

Association of cerebrospinal fluid IgM index with central nervous system involvement in Behçet's disease.

Immunoglobulin (IgM, IgA, and IgG) and albumin values were determined in 12 patients who had signs and symptoms of central nervous system involvement attributable to Behçet's disease. Only the cerebrospinal fluid IgM index, which was significantly elevated in patients with active neuro-Behçet's syndrome, was found to decrease when the neurologic manifestations of the disease had disappeared. This indicates that determination of this index may be of help in the evaluation of central nervous system disease activity in neuro-Behçet's syndrome.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1986

Magnetocardiographic P waves in normal subjects and patients with mitral stenosis.

The P wave of the magnetocardiogram (MCG) was investigated in normal subjects and patients with mitral stenosis to determine its characteristics in normal conditions and left atrial overloading (LAO) and to analyze atrial activation by a magnetic field. In normal subjects, the MCG P wave was negative in left parasternal sites and positive in right lower sternal sites. The current source deduced from the MCG pattern and isomagnetic map was directed inferiorly and to the left through the entire phase of atrial activation, suggesting that in most normal cases the P wave reflects right atrial activity. In patients with mitral stenosis, a negative-positive biphasic P wave was seen more frequently than in normal subjects in left parasternal sites (p less than 0.005). In the late phase of atrial activation, the current source deduced from the isomagnetic map was shifted superiorly and to the left, suggesting an increased leftward force due to LAO. The MCG was similar in sensitivity to the ECG, for diagnosis of LAO, but in a few cases LAO could be detected from the MCG but not the ECG. These findings suggest that the MCG is clinically useful for diagnosis of LAO.

Adult↗
PubMed1986

Tissue distribution of 7-dehydrocholesterol, vitamin D3 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 in several species of fishes.

A high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for simultaneous determination of 7-dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC), vitamin D3 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25-OH-D3) in tissues of fishes was established, and using this method the tissue distribution of the sterols in lamprey (Entosphenus japonicus), great blue shark (Prionace glauca), skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis) and albacore (Thunnus alalunga) was investigated. The results are summarized in the following: Although the alimentary canal, gall bladder and roe of lamprey and the alimentary canal of great blue shark contained comparatively high levels of 7-DHC (higher than 2,000 ng/wet tissue g), the other tissues of lamprey and great blue shark and all tissues of skipjack and albacore contained only low levels of 7-DHC (lower than 1,000 ng/g). There was no significant correlation between the levels of 7-DHC and vitamin D3. The contents of 7-DHC in the skin of skipjack and albacore were only 1/1,000 of those in the skin of rats. Although the contents of vitamin D3 in the liver of skipjack and albacore were extremely high (41,240 and 21,000 ng/g, respectively), those in the skin were very low (454 and 257 ng/g, respectively). 25-OH-D3 was detected in the viscera of skipjack, but the levels were not very high (lower than 150 ng/g). These levels were not significantly correlated with those of vitamin D3. The results suggest that large quantities of vitamin D3 in the liver of skipjack and albacore are supplied by other biosynthetic routes or by intake of vitamin D3 rather than by photochemical biosynthesis.

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PubMed1986

Ethyl 2-cyanoacrylate as an embolic agent for cranial arteriovenous malformations. An experimental study.

Physical properties of ethyl 2-cyanoacrylate (Aron Alpha) were studied in comparison with isobutyl 2-cyanoacrylate (IBCA). Aron Alpha is characterized by high viscosity, a short polymerization time, low spreadability and low fragmentability. On the other hand, IBCA had low viscosity, a relatively long polymerization time, high spreadability and high fragmentability. Based on these findings, it is suggested that IBCA is suitable for transcatheter embolization, and Aron Alpha for intraoperative embolization. Mixture of IBCA with 5% Aron Alpha suppressed the spreadability and the fragmentability of IBCA, resulting in reduction of distal migration of IBCA into the venous system.

Adhesives↗
PubMed1986

[Left ventricular early diastolic filling and atrial contribution assessed by ECG-gated cardiac blood pool scintigraphy].

This study evaluated early diastolic left ventricular (LV) filling and the atrial contribution to ventricular filling in patients (pts) with various heart diseases using ECG-gated cardiac blood pool scintigraphy. Conventional equilibrium list mode ECG-gated cardiac blood pool scintigraphy was performed for 19 normal subjects (N) as controls, 104 pts with old myocardial infarction (OMI), 19 pts with essential hypertension (HT), seven pts with idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (IHSS), three pts with non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), 19 pts with pure mitral stenosis (MS) and one pt with both MS and aortic regurgitation to evaluate early diastolic LV filling. The LV stroke counts corresponding to stroke volume and the early diastolic LV peak filling rate (DdV/dt) were obtained from the LV time-activity curve and its first derivative. Then the DdV/dt was normalized by stroke counts. The DdV/dt was significantly lower in pts with OMI (4.34 +/- 1.02/sec, p less than 0.001), HT (3.93 +/- 0.70/sec, p less than 0.001), IHSS (4.23 +/- 1.59/sec, p less than 0.01) and MS (4.56 +/- 1.05/sec, p less than 0.01) than in N (5.93 +/- 1.26/sec). Then, in OMI, the DdV/dt correlated significantly (r = -0.45, p less than 0.05) with infarct size (% abnormal contracting segment = %ACS) obtained by contrast left ventriculography. Furthermore, in pts with HT, the DdV/dt correlated significantly (r = -0.59, p less than 0.02) with the left ventricular mean wall thickness obtained by M-mode echocardiography. In pts with MS, the DdV/dt also correlated significantly (r = 0.73, p less than 0.001) with the mitral orifice area obtained by two-dimensional echocardiography. However, it has been difficult to assess the atrial contribution to ventricular filling by conventional ECG-gated cardiac blood pool scintigraphy, because the LV time-activity curve in the late diastolic phase was distorted and unreliable, whenever a minimal variation of the R-R interval occurred. Therefore, to produce a more reliable late diastolic LV volume curve, a "two-beat LV volume curve" was constructed using a new method; namely, each cardiac cycle was divided into 20 msec segments in two different ways, i.e., backward and forward of the R wave, and the backward LV volume curve and forward LV volume curve (conventional method) were connected at the R wave. Then, to estimate the atrial contribution, an increment of counts after the beginning of the P wave divided by counts corresponding to the stroke volume (A(P)/SV) was calculated.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

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