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Physiological data on athletes and animals has been used to design this training programme and to suggest new perspectives for trainin the spinal cord injured. The training routines proposed are designed to improve endurance and strength and modern weight training equipment has been modified for this purpose.
Two new cases of Menetrier's disease in children are reported. The ten cases of this protein-losing gastropathy previously reported in the literature are reviewed. Clinical presentations, laboratory findings, possible causes, and comparison with the adult form of Menetrier's disease are discussed. Menetrier's disease in children may be more common than reported, as its symptoms are usually transient. The prognosis in children is excellent; therefore the distinction between Menetrier's disease in children and other protein-losing enteropathies is vital.
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Baffles within the lumen of the pulmonary artery are created in (1) the Aubert procedure, a variation of the arterial switch favored by some surgeons when two major coronary ostia arise close to one another or when one coronary artery has an intramural course, and (2) the Takeuchi procedure, a technique applied to patients with anomalous origin of the left coronary from the pulmonary artery. In both operations, coronary artery transplantation is avoided; instead, an aorticopulmonary window is created and aortic blood is redirected by an intrapulmonary artery baffle into the coronary circulation. We imaged five patients with Aubert and 10 patients with Takeuchi procedures by use of ultrasound to assess the sequelae of such intraarterial baffles. All five Aubert patients were < 3 weeks old; the ages of the 10 Takeuchi patients ranged from 2 to 86 months. Two patients died early after surgery; the remaining 13 patients were observed for 3 to 83 months (median 46 months). In all 15 patients, the baffle geometry was visualized and the aorticopulmonary window was identified. In the six who had serial imaging, none developed aorticopulmonary window stenosis. In no patient was any peribaffle shunting detected. Supravalvar narrowing, caused by the baffle partially obstructing the neopulmonary artery, was observed in two of five Aubert patients; in only one of these has reoperation been performed. In one of the 10 Takeuchi patients supravalvar narrowing of the pulmonary artery (related to repair of coexistent tetralogy of Fallot) has developed and the patient has since undergone reoperation.