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Sodium channel blockade enhances dispersion of the cardiac action potential duration

Summary The goal of this study was to elucidate the causes why the proarrhythmic activity of sodium channel blocking drugs is enhanced during the post-infarction period. Therefore, we studied the effects of a reduction in sodium conductance on the action potential duration and its dispersion in a simulated array of 1600 ventricular myocytes. Cardiac tissue is known to possess anisotropic properties with regard to the intercellular electrical resistance (R). Infarction as well as aging causes deposition of collagen in the cardiac tissue, thereby inducing zones of high electrical resistance leading to a non-uniform anisotropy (Spach et al., Circ Res 62811, 1988). For our study an array of 40*40 ventricular myocytes was simulated using Beeler-Reuter-algorithms. Physical tissue properties were assumed to be either a) uniform anisotropic (i.e., all longitudinal R=5000 cm, all transversal R=20000 cm; UA) or b) non-uniform anisotropic (i.e., transversal R for the inner 10*10 cells was set to 10¹⁰ cm; NUA). Mean action potential duration (APD) was increased under UA (287 ms, dispersion: 0,8 ms) when compared to NUA (285 ms, disp.: 3,2 ms). Assuming a 25% decrease in sodium conductance, we found the total activation time (TAT) to be increased (from 99 to 139 ms), indicating slowing of conduction, APD to be shortened (from 287 to 259 ms), and the APD-dispersion to be increased (from 0.8 to 29 ms) in UA. These changes were more pronounced in the case of NUA: increase in TAT from 103 to 150 ms, APD-shortening from 285 to 214 ms and a marked increase in APD-Dispersion from 3.2 to 53 ms). From these results it is concluded that a) the effects of a reduced sodium conductance are more pronounced in NUA tissue, and b) that the resulting increase in dispersion may provoke arrhythmia by local differences in APD.This may be one of the mechanisms underlying the increased proarrhythmic risk of class I antiarrhythmic drugs in the postinfarction period.     

How do normal subjects learn a simple adaptative task: How and why do paranoid schizophrenic patients fail?

Summary The authors studied the behavior of normal subjects and paranoid schizophrenic patients in a simple problem-solving situation. The schizophrenics were divided into two sample groups, one of individuals under treatment and the other of individuals not under treatment.The learning process involved in this problem-solving situation is very similar to an instrumental conditioning, and can be understood by means of the following assumptions: (1) the subjects use decision functions in reacting to the stimuli, although they may be not fully aware of this; (2) learning is the result of successive transformations of these decisions in the course of time; (3) the changes have specific probabilities and are related to (a) those responses which are made to the latest stimuli, and (b) a differential probability for decision functions which were effective, or only interrupted painful reinforcement, or were completely ineffective.In schizophrenics further factors of importance were (1) an inertia factor and (2) the rigidly continued use of unsuccessful or only partially successful decision criteria.The authors used a systems theory based on Galois field theory and a calculus of operators specifying three groups of subjects. A computer program based on these hypotheses was tested in a simulation experiment.The statistical evaluation of the results showed a congruence between the theoretical approach and the experimental data.This work was carried out with financial support from the Institute de Alta Cultura, Lisbon, between 1970 and 1974     

Do bilineal pedigrees represent a problem for linkage analysis? basic principles and simulation results for single-gene diseases with no heterogeneity

Some investigators have expressed concern--especially for psychiatric disorders--that bilineal pedigrees should not be included in linkage studies. This study compares the "informativeness" of bilineal and unilineal families for a homogeneous single-gene disorder. Three approaches were used: (1) simulation studies of three-generation pedigrees, (2) calculation of expected lod scores (ELODs) in nuclear families, and (3) calculation of Fisher's information number I(theta) in nuclear families. The simulation studies in (1) permitted a realistic comparison between bilineal datasets and purely unilineal ones. The calculations in nuclear families in (2) and (3) then made it possible to analyze the sources of information loss in bilineal families. Overall, in datasets of five three-generation pedigrees each, the drop in mean maximum lod score was approximately 50% from purely unilineal datasets to extremely bilineal ones. In less-extreme bilineal datasets, which are closer to most real data than the extremely bilineal ones, the drops in lod score were very small--less than 10% in some, and practically zero in others. The details will vary, depending on size and structure of the pedigree, genetic model, true value of the recombination fraction, and informativeness of the marker. However, these results imply that the information loss due to bilineality is not necessarily very great. The nuclear-family calculations showed that for phase-known matings there is relatively little information loss in bilineal families, but for phase-unknown matings there the loss is much greater. In conclusion, for single-gene disorders with no genetic heterogeneity, whereas bilineal families can be less informative than comparable unilineal families, they are not so much less informative that they should automatically be discarded from linkage datasets. The implications of bilineal pedigrees for linkage studies of heterogeneous disorders are also discussed.     

Analysis of intracranial pressure

Methods for the acquisition and analysis of intracranial pressure (ICP) signals are reviewed from clinical and technical perspectives. The clinical importance of ICP monitoring is presented, and methods for ICP transduction are briefly discussed. These methods include intraventricular catheters, subarachnoid screws, epidural techniques, and the new fiberoptic ICP measurement systems. Approaches to the visual analysis of the ICP waveform are presented, with special emphasis on the relationship between the ICP waveform and the arterial blood pressure signal. Methods of computer-based ICP analysis are also reviewed, including histogram and systems analysis methods. Methods to predict ICP pressure rises and to estimate intracranial compliance are also discussed. Finally, ICP monitoring is reviewed from the point of view of patient outcome. It is concluded that advanced ICP waveform analysis methods warrant further clinical evaluation to demonstrate their clinical usefulness.     

Mass lesions of the frontal lobes in acute head injuries. A comparison with temporal lesions

Summary Contusions and lacerations of the frontal lobes are very frequent; 43.4% in the whole series of traumatic brain mass lesions. Clinical, ICP, CT scan data and neuropathological findings in patients with such lesions are analysed and correlated. Moreover, the clinical features and the outcome of frontal masses undergoing surgery are also compared with similar lesions located in the temporal lobes.Frontal lesions cannot be differentiated on purely clinical grounds and the factors governing the outcome in both locations are the same. On the whole, surgical indications nowadays seem to be rather rare; only lesions behaving truly as expanding lesions with obvious intracranial hypertension benefiting from surgery.Brain contusion-laceration syndromes in general can no longer be considered separate entities. Neither should they be included in the miscellaneous group of traumatic intracranial mass lesions, since the pathophysiological significance of purely extracerebral effusions is entirely different.Traumatic contusions and lacerations and/or intracerebral haematomas, whether frontal or located elsewhere, should, instead, be considered in the context of head injuries of a different degree of gravity, as having collateral features which, on occasion, may call for surgical management.     

冠状动脉MSCT成像技术探讨

目的探讨回顾性心电门控技术在MSCT冠状动脉成像中的应用。方法15例患者做MSCT冠状动脉成像检查,采用回顾性心电门控和心脏分段重建算法,选择0.5s螺旋扫描。在9个R-Rinterval上进行冠状动脉CT图像重建。结果15例患者的230个冠状动脉节段(内径>2mm)中,213个节段(91%)在70%R-Rinterval上显示最好,15(6.4)、9(3.8%)和3(1.3%)个节段分别在80%、40%和50%R-Rinterval上显示最好。结论冠状动脉通常在心动周期R波后70%R-Rinterval上显示最好。     

13例肝局灶性结节增生的CT和MR诊断

目的 探讨肝脏局灶性结节增生(FNH)的CT和MR表现及诊断价值。方法 回顾分析13例经手术病理证实为肝脏FNH的CT和MR表现，研究其影像的诊断价值。结果 13例FNH的CT和MR中7例表现较为典型，CT平扫等密度，T1WI为等信号，T2WI为等信号或稍高信号；部分病灶可见中央区低密度瘢痕，增强动脉期除中央瘢痕外均明显强化，门静脉期常见明显强化，延时期多为等密度，瘢痕可稍有强化；术前作出正确诊断。6例FNH表现不典型，CT低密度灶，T1WI为低信号，T2WI为高信号，无瘢痕和轻度强化；术前3例诊断为恶性肿瘤，3例诊断为血管瘤。结论 FNH的CT和MR表现在术前进行综合分析，多数可明确诊断。     

Can virtual simulation of breast tangential portals accurately predict lung and heart volumes?

A treatment portal or simulator image has traditionally been used to demonstrate the lung and heart coverage of the breast tangential portal. In many cases, these images were acquired as a planning session on the linear accelerator. The patients were also CT scanned to assess the lung/heart volume and to determine the surgical site depth for the electron‐boost energy. A study using 50 consecutive patients was performed comparing the digitally reconstructed radiograph (DRR) from the virtual simulation with treatment portal images. Modification to the patient's arm position is required when performing the planning CT scans due to the aperture size of the CT scanner. Virtual simulation was used to assess the potential variation of lung and heart measurements. The average difference in lung volume between the DRR and portal image was less than 2 mm, with a range of 0?5 mm. Arm position did not have a sig­nificant impact on field deviation; however, great care was taken to minimize any changes in arm position. The modification of the arm position for CT scanning did not lead to significant variations between the DRRs and portal images. The Advantage Sim software has proven capable of producing good quality DRR images, providing a realistic representation of the lung and heart volume included in the treatment portal.     

矽肺的CT表现

目的 探讨矽肺的CT表现。方法 对已确诊的32例矽肺病例的CT表现进行回顾性分析。结果 32例矽肺主要CT表现为：小圆形、小结节30例，伴发大阴影11例，胸膜下小叶间隔增厚18例，胸膜斑形成8例，肺门、纵隔淋巴结钙化13例、肿大2例；单纯网格状阴影2例，矽肺并发结核3例。结论 CT对矽肺具有很好的诊断价值。