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THE EFFECT OF HYPERTENSIVE EPISODES AND CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY ON THE CANINE CARDIAC BAROREFLEX

1. Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy has been implicated in the reduction of baroreflex sensitivity present in hypertension. The aim of the current study was to investigate the mean arterial pressure-heart rate reflex (MAP-HR) in a model which induced left ventricular hypertrophy but no sustained blood pressure elevation. 2. Five mongrel dogs were exposed to transient blood pressure elevation of between 20 and 30 mmHg, through hindlimb compression using a pneumatic pressure suit, for 7 h per day, 6 days per week for 6 weeks. Resting blood pressure was not altered by the 6 week hindlimb compression intervention. 3. Echocardiographically determined LV mass (mean ± s.e.m.) was 116.0 ± 7.4 g prior to hindlimb compression (baseline) and elevated to 125.4 ± 8.1 g (P= 0.003) after 6 weeks of compression. A reduction in the early (E) to late (A) transmitral diastolic flow ratio (E/A) from 1.80 ± 0.06 at baseline to 1.54 ± 0.09 (P = 0.037) after the 6 week intervention suggested that cardiac compliance was reduced. 4. The maximum gain of the MAP-HR reflex, studied using the ‘steady-state’ drug technique, when blood pressure was normal, showed a trend for reduction from 3.85 ± 0.43 beats/min per mmHg at baseline to 3.10 ± 0.45 beats/min per mmHg (P= 0.067) after 6 weeks of compression. This gain reduction became significant after β-adrenoceptor blockade with propranolol (3.13 ± 0.55 vs 2.32 ± 0.25 beats/min per mmHg; P= 0.039). Covariant analysis showed a significant inverse correlation between LV mass and maximum gain (r= 0.96; P<0.001) during the 6 week compression period. 5. The MAP-HR reflex changes in this model mimic those present in hypertension and implicate cardiac hypertrophy as one possible mediator.     

Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Flöhe von Brit.-Kolumbien

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Ueber die Abhängigkeit phthisischer Lungenerkrankung von primären Kehlkopfaffectionen

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Influence of indenyl ligand substitution pattern on metallocene-catalyzed propene copolymerization with 1-octene

Copolymerization of propene with 1-octene (1 mol/1 mol) was performed in toluene at 40°C in the presence of homogeneous methylaluminoxane (MAO)-activated ansa-metallocenes in order to study the role of benzannelation and 2-methyl-substitution of the silylene-bridged bisindenyl ligand on comonomer incoporation, molecular mass, molecular mass distribution, and end groups. While 2-methyl-substitution promoted higher degree of polymerization without affecting copolymerization parameters, benzannelation improved markedly 1-octene incorporation. Only with MAO-activated rac-Me₂Si(2-MeBenz[e]Ind)₂ZrCl₂ catalysts vinylidene end groups were formed exclusively. Molecular weight distribution remains narrow in all experiments.     

Incidence of acute otitis media up to the age of 1 1/2 years in urban infants

The object of this prospective cohort investigation of 1,642 infants was to study the incidence of acute otitis media (AOM) in urban children during the first 18 months of life. The monthly incidence of AOM was greatest at the age of 10 months, and the largest proportion of children with AOM was also found in this 10-month age group. Before the age of 18 months, 56.7% of the infants had had at least one episode of AOM, while 26.9% had had one or two episodes and 29.8% three or more. The corresponding figures before the age of 12 months were: 45.3%; 26.8%; 18.5%, and before the age of 9 months: 30.5%; 22.1%; 8.4%. The AOM incidence, particularly as regards recurrent AOM, was rather higher in boys than in girls.