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  • 1
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    Electronic Resource
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    Journal of molecular medicine 68 (1990), S. 880-885 
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Wegener's granulomatosis ; Granulomatous giant cell myocarditis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary A 28-year-old male patient suffering from Wegener's granulomatosis died suddenly with signs of cardiac failure after clinical symptoms had basically subsided under chemotherapy. Autopsy revealed pulmonary granulomata, necrotizing vasculitis of the lungs and kidneys, focal and segmental necrotizing glomerulonephritis, and diffuse granulomatous and necrotizing giant cell myocarditis. Histological confirmation of inflammation of the heart in Wegener's disease has rarely been reported. Although cardiac involvement in Wegener's granulomatosis sometimes is suspected, it is usually thought to have no major impact on the course of the disease. By its dramatic clinical and morphologic presentation this case illustrates that the heart, in addition to the lungs and kidneys, may determine the outcome of the idiopathic granulomatous vasculitis of Wegener.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1433-0407
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter Mitochondriale Myopathie ; Ophthalmoplegia plus ; MELAS-Syndrom ; Laktat ; Laufbandbelastung ; Key words Mitochondrial myopathy ; Ophthalmoplegia plus ; MELAS syndrome ; Lactate ; Treadmill exercise
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Mitochondrial myopathies are characterized by an abnormal aerobic metabolism. The present study examines the serum lactate concentration during standardized aerobic treadmill ergometry and evaluates its relevance for the diagnosis of mitochondrial myopathies. The present study includes 50 volunteers without neuromuscular disorders (control group), 13 patients with mitochondrial, and 14 patients with non-mitochondrial neuromuscular disorders. All members of the control group were able to walk 15 minutes on the treadmill at a constant velocity of at least 5 km/h without exceeding the aerobic threshold (2 mMol/l lactate, venous blood). Ten patients with mitochondrial myopathies and 4 patients with non-mitochondrial myopathies already exceeded the aerobic threshold at walking velocities of 4 or 5 km/h. Though indicating a reduced aerobic endurance, a pathological test result does not prove the diagnosis of a mitochondrial myopathy. Sensitivity and specificity of treadmill ergometry did not differ significantly from those reported for bicycle ergometry. Thus, using the most common aerobic activity in daily life, treadmill ergometry can be considered as an alternative to bicycle exercise tests in the assessment of mitochondrial abnormalities.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Mitochondriale Myopathien sind durch eine Störung des aeroben Energiestoffwechsels gekennzeichnet. Die vorliegende Studie erstellt Referenzwerte für die Serumlaktatkonzentration bei standardisierter aerober Gehbelastung auf dem Laufband und untersucht deren Relevanz für die Diagnostik mitochondrialer Myopathien. Hierzu wurden 50 Personen ohne neuromuskuläre Funktionsstörungen, 13 Patienten mit mitochondrialen Myopathien und 14 Patienten mit anderen neuromuskulären Erkrankungen untersucht. Alle Kontrollpersonen konnten 15 min bei einem konstanten Tempo von mindestens 5 km/h gehen, ohne die aerobe Schwelle (2 mMol/l Laktat, venöses Blut) zu überschreiten. Dagegen überschritten 10 der 13 Patienten mit mitochondrialen Myopathien sowie 4 Patienten mit nicht-mitochondrialen Myopathien bereits bei Geschwindigkeiten von 4 bis 5 km/h die aerobe Schwelle. Ein pathologisches Testergebnis dokumentiert somit eine verminderte aerobe Ausdauer, beweist aber nicht eine mitochondriale Myopathie. Die Sensitivität und Spezifität unterscheiden sich dabei nicht wesentlich von derjenigen der Fahrradergometerbelastung, so daß sich die Laufbandbelastung auf der Grundlage der alltäglichsten aeroben Ausdauerbelastung bei Verdacht auf mitochondriale Funktionsstörungen als Alternative zur Fahrradergometerbelastung anbietet.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1435-1803
    Keywords: ischemia ; reperfusion ; vitamin E ; infarct size ; regionalsystolic shortening
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Thirty pigs were randomly assigned to a blind treatment with vitamin E or placebo. Ten animals each received 0.5g d-alpha tocopherol intravenously before ischemia (group 1) or before reperfusion (group 2). Ten control pigs were treated with a lipid emulsion as placebo. The left anterior descending coronary artery was distally ligated for 45 min followed by 3 days of reperfusion. Infarct size was determined as ratio of infarcted (tetrazolium stain) to ischemic myocardium (dye technique). Regional systolic shortening was assessed by sonomicrometry. Myocardial and plasma concentrations of vitamin E were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography. Global hemodynamic parameters and estimated left ventricular oxygen consumption did not differ among the three groups. Intravenous treatment with vitamin E raised the plasma levels of this vitamin from 1 ± 0.3 mg/l (control group) to 21 ± 6 mg/l before ischemia, to 4 ± 2 mg/l before reperfusion and to 2 ± 0.6 mg/l at the end of the experiments in group 1. In group 2, vitamin E plasma levels increased from 1 ± 0.3 mg/l to 24 ± 13 mg/l before reperfusion and to 2 ± 0.6 mg/l after 3 days of reperfusion. At the end of the experiments, myocardial vitamin E concentrations amounted to 4.2 ± 0.7 ng/mg fresh weight (control group), 9.7 ± 2.1 ng/mg (group 1), and to 8.7 ± 1.4 ng/mg (group 2). The increase in vitamin E plasma concentration was not associated with a cardioprotective effect. Infarct sizes of the three groups (group 1: 68 ± 12%, group 2: 66 ± 15%, control group: 69 ± 8%) were almost identical. Furthermore, recovery of systolic shortening was not improved by the acute vitamin E treatment. Mean systolic shortening of the reperfused segment amounted to 4% in the two treatment groups and 3% in the control group after 3 days of reperfusion. These results suggest that an acute increase in vitamin E plasma concentration before ischemia or during the early phase of reperfusion does not protect the ischemic, reperfused porcine heart.
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  • 4
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    Zeitschrift für Kardiologie 87 (1998), S. s203 
    ISSN: 1435-1285
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
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  • 5
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    Springer
    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 343 (1992), S. 62-63 
    ISSN: 1618-2650
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
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