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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Atrial pacing ; coronary artery disease ; ECG ; hemodynamics ; stress testing ; Angina pectoris ; Coronarinsuffizienz ; Belastungstest ; EKG ; Kreislaufphysiologie ; Vorhofschrittmacher
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Vergleichende hämodynamische Untersuchungen wurden bei 38 Coronarkranken und ebensoviclen Herzgesunden aus einer Gruppe von 143 Untersuchungen mittels kontrollierter Herzfrequenzsteigerung angestellt. Schon bei Ruhe zeigten die Coronarkranken im Durchschnitt eine niedrigere Förderleistung des Herzens bei gleichem oder gar niedrigerem Füllungsdruck des Herzens und vergleichbarem arteriellem und pulmonal-arteriellem Druck. Das hypokinetische Syndrom war außerdem durch einen erhöhten peripheren Gefäßwiderstand gekennzeichnet. Bei der stufenweisen Erhöhung der Herzfrequenz sank der Füllungsdruck des rechten und des linken Herzens, um erst bei höheren Frequenzen wieder anzusteigen. Diese Drucksenkung war bei Coronarkranken weniger ausgeprägt. Während SVI und MSERI sanken, blieben Herzindex und TPR bei allen geprüften Herzfrequenzen unverändert, ebenso die arteriellen und pulmonal-arteriellen Drucke. Die Herzarbeit stieg bei den Coronarkranken etwas an. Die sonst eine Sinustachykardie begleitende Sympathicusaktivierung blieb aus. Infolgedessen wurde die AV-Überleitungszeit zunehmend länger. Dadurch entwickelte sich sehr rasch eine Vorhofpfropfung, in deren Verlauf die Überhöhung dera-Welle besonners bei den Coronarkranken auffiel. — Die Dauer der mechanischen Systole nahm mit steigender Herzfrequenz ab. Bei Coronarkranken war diese Verkürzung weniger ausgeprägt. Das Phänomen der relativ zu langen Systole wird auf eine gestörte Kontraktionsmechanik zurückgeführt. Bei 18 von 38 Patienten wurde ein pectanginöser Anfall durch die „Belastung“ ausgelöst. Die eintretenden hämodynamischen Veränderungen waren denjenigen im ergometrisch induzierten Anfall ähnlich, wahrscheinlich bedingt durch sekundäre Sympathicusaktivierung. Das Verfahren der kontrollierten Herzfrequenzsteigerung erlaubt eine präzise und reproduzierbare Bestimmung der „Angina pectoris-Schwelle“. Die Methode ist sehr schonend und birgt sicher mancherlei noch ungenutzte, diagnostische und therapeutische Vorteile.
    Notes: Summary 38 patients with coronary artery disease and 38 control subjects out of a group of 143 patients examined with the atrial pacing technique underwent a hemodynamic study. Even at rest coronary patients exhibited lower cardiac output, while filling pressures and arterial as well as pulmonary arterial pressures were identical. The hypokinetic syndrome was furthermore characterized by elevated total peripheral resistance in the coronary patients. Atrial pacing initially led to a fall of right and left heart filling pressures. At higher rates this pressure rose definitely above normal in the coronary group, and particularly so if angina pectoris was present, or after sudden cessation of pacing. While cardiac index and TPR remained unchanged within the range of heart rates tested, cardiac work increased slightly in the coronary group. These cases required higher ventricular filling pressures to maintain cardiac output. Progressive prolongation of the PR-interval led to the development of gianta-waves in the right and probably also the left atrial pressure pulse. The height of thea-wave was conspicously exaggerated in the coronary disease group. Left ventricular ejection time shortened progessively with rising heart rate. However, this was not observed in the diseased group. Here, a relative prolongation of the duration of mechanical systole was observed and interpreted as evidence of altered contractile properties of the ischemic myocardium. 18 of 38 patients developed angina pectoris during atrial pacing. Hemodynamic changes in this group resmbled those in exercise-induced angina, the reason being most likely a secondary activation of the sympathetic system. Atrial pacing provides a precise and reproducible means for determination of the angina threshold. The hemodynamic alterations, however, appear to be fundamentally different of those occuring in spontaneous or exercise-induced angina. Diagnostic and therapeutic potentials of the atrial pacing method appear considerable, yet they are largely unexplored.
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    Journal of molecular medicine 69 (1991), S. 981-987 
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Inflammatory bowel diseases ; Inflammatory mediators ; Crohn's disease ; Ulcerativecolitis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) of unknown etiology. They are characterized by an activation of intestinal mononuclear cells. Cytokines play a crucial role in the regulation of the functions of these cells. An increased synthesis of the cytokines interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factorα (TNFα), which are primarily synthesized by activated monocytes/macrophages has been described in patients with IBD. The synthesis of interleukin-2 (IL-2) and of interferonγ (IFNγ), which are produced by lymphocytes, on the other hand, has been found to be decreased. The published data are, however, not quite consistent. In patients with IBD there is not only a stimulation of the local cytokine production in the gut. The blood levels and the synthesis of the cytokines IL-1, IL-6 and TNFα by peripheral blood mononuclear cells are also increased, in particular in patients with Crohn's disease. Drugs, which are commonly used for the treatment of IBD impair the synthesis of these cytokines in monocytes/macrophages.
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    Digestive diseases and sciences 38 (1993), S. 1638-1644 
    ISSN: 1573-2568
    Keywords: inflammatory bowel disease ; Crohn's disease ; ulcerative colitis ; PMN-elastase
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract PMN-elastase is a proteinase released by activated neutrophils. PMN-elastase was determined in two independent populations with inflammatory bowel disease. In an unselected population of 70 consecutive patients with Crohn's disease and 24 patients with ulcerative colitis with different degrees of disease activity plasma PMN-elastase levels were statistically significantly higher in patients with active than in patients with inactive disease [Crohn's disease: 80.5±33.2 ng/ml vs 60.1±24.6 ng/ml (means±sd),P=0.0017; ulcerative colitis: 98.2±54.9 ng/ml vs 59.2±16.8 ng/ml,P=0.026]. PMN-elastase levels in feces were also higher in patients with active Crohn's disease (23.6±15.3 ng/g vs 13.6±12.5 ng/g,P=0.0021) and active ulcerative colitis (46.5±60.5 ng/g vs 20.2±25.0 ng/g,P=0.46), but the difference reached significance only in Crohn's disease. Correlation of disease activity and PMN-elastase in individual patients showed a statistically significant correlation between plasma and fecal elastase concentrations and disease activity in ulcerative colitis (plasma:r=0.72,P〈0.001; feces:r=0.423,P〈0.001) but not fecal elastase concentrations (r=0.0083,P=0.485) correlated significantly with disease activity. Plasma PMN-elastase correlated weakly with fecal PMN-elastase levels in Crohn's disease (r=0.431,P〈0.01) and in ulcerative colitis (r=0.515,P=0.05). In 28 patients with highly active Crohn's disease [median severity activity index (SAI) 203] and 11 patients with highly active ulcerative colitis [median Rachmilewitz index (RI) 14] studied before and four weeks after steroid therapy, treatment lowered the median SAI to 140 and the median RI to 4.5. Mean plasma elastase concentrations decreased concomitantly from 83±44.9 ng/ml to 61.8±25.8 (P=0.0035) in patients with Crohn's disease and from 110±49.5 to 71.6±28.8 ng/ml (P=0.0069) in patients with ulcerative colitis. In conclusion, there is a release of PMN-elastase in active IBD, which can be detected in plasma as well as in feces. Plasma elastase levels reflect disease activity in patients with IBD. The variation of the data and the large overlap between different groups, however, strongly reduce the clinical value.
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