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C Johns

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Comparison of the rating scale and the standard gamble in measuring patient preferences for outcomes of gallstone disease.

To estimate patient preferences for gallstone-related treatments and outcomes, and assess how preferences vary by patient characteristics and scaling technique, the authors randomly assigned 40 patients without gallstones to interviews based on a rating scale (n = 22) and a standard gamble (n = 18). The patients assigned preference values (possible values 0 to 1) to open cholecystectomy (mean 0.45 by rating scale, 0.78 by standard gamble), laparoscopic cholecystectomy (0.71, 0.91), extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (0.77, 0.89), acute cholecystitis (0.36, 0.77), lifetime biliary colic (0.41, 0.71), postcholecystectomy syndrome (0.43, 0.79), asymptomatic stone necessitating treatment with bile acids (0.76, 0.96), and surgical scar (0.79, 0.998). Preferences varied little by age, gender, or race. Standard gamble values were highly correlated with, but significantly greater than, rating scale values. The authors conclude that patients' preferences for gallstone-related conditions generally are significantly less than one, and differ markedly by the scaling technique used to derive them. These results should be considered when patient preferences are incorporated into analyses of gallstone treatments.

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Point-of-care testing.

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Left ventricular papillary muscle morphology and function in left ventricular hypertrophy and left ventricular dysfunction.

BACKGROUND: This study was prospectively performed to evaluate the anatomy and contractile performance of LV papillary muscles (PM) in humans using transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), and to determine the relationship between PM anatomy and contractile function in normal left ventricle (LV), left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and systolic dysfunction. MATERIAL AND METHODS: TEE examinations were prospectively performed in 153 patients. End-diastolic (ED) and end-systolic (ES) cross sectional areas of both PMs were obtained at the transgastric mid papillary short axis views. ED and ES lengths of PMs were obtained from the transgastric long axis views, and fractional systolic shortening (FS) was calculated. PM shape description was derived from the formula Area/L2. LV EF, wall thickness and mass were determined from transthoracic echocardiographic measurements. RESULTS: The % FS in patients with normal EF (>55%) was 21.1 +/- 9.1% for anterior PM (APM) and 17.1 +/- 6.2% for posterior PM (PPM). The values for hypertrophic LV were as follows; 25.2 +/- 8.1 (APM) and 15.8 +/- 5.6 (PPM), for dilated cardiomyopathy, 15.0 +/- 6.8 (APM) and 13.4 +/- 4.2 while values for non-dilated cardiomyopathy were 15.6 +/- 8.0 and 11.3 +/- 6.0 respectively. In dilated cardiomyopathy patients, both PM lengths were significantly longer (p<0.05) and thinner (p<0.05) than in patients with normal EF. In the hypertrophied LV, the PMs were thicker (p<0.05) and had larger cross sectional areas p<0.05. CONCLUSIONS: TEE is a safe and useful method for detailed study of PM morphology and contractile performance in living humans with normal or impaired LV systolic function. Quantitative TEE data on PM geometry, size, and contractile function are presented here for the first time.

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