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  • 1
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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Journal of molecular medicine 68 (1990), S. 570-575 
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Intravascular Ultrasound ; Atherosclerosis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Further progress in intraluminal sonography has led to the development of a 6 French ultrasound imaging catheter. This report demonstrates in vivo results using this new technique in a swine. Intraluminal echographic images obtained from the aorta and iliac arteries were of good quality. Artifacts such as image distortion were related to the 20 Mhz mechanically rotating tip motion and caused a loss of image quality. Atherosclerotic lesions could be visualized. The characteristics of the echo image of an atherosclerotic lesion related to the composition of corresponding histological sections of the lesion. Intraluminal sonography may develop into a new diagnostic tool, further enhancing progress in atherosclerosis research and improving the evaluation of coronary arteries and perivascular structures. Combined use with balloon angioplasty might also improve invasive therapeutic procedures.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Cholesterol diet ; Arterial wall thickness ; Vascular reactivity ; Duplex sonography
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Cholesterol enrichment of arteries may induce biochemical and structural abnormalities in vascular smooth muscle resulting in increased arterial contractile sensitivity. We studied the effects of a high-cholesterol diet on arterial structural properties and vascular reactivity in young rabbits. In vivo measurements of aortic intimal-plus-medial thickness using high resolution ultrasound imaging were obtained before and after 3 weeks of a high-cholesterol diet in 12 rabbits (group 2) and compared to data from 12 animals a cholesterol-free diet fed (group 1). Six rabbits (group 3) were studied before and after a 3-week, high-cholesterol diet and after a subsequent 13-week, cholesterol-free recovery diet. Blood pressure responsiveness to noradrenaline was evaluated before and at the end of each diet period. In groups 2 and 3, high dietary cholesterol caused an increase in intimal-plus-medial thickness from 0.31 mm and 0.33 mm to 0.88 mm and 0.89 mm, respectively (p〈0.001). Plasma cholesterol concentration rose from 0.9 ±0.26 mmol/l to 36.7 ± 8.56 mmol/l. There was no change in group 1. In group 3, intimal-plus-medial thickness remained increased (1.01 mm) following the cholesterol-free recovery diet despite normal plasma cholesterol. Blood pressure responsiveness to noradrenaline was markedly increased after the high-cholesterol diet (p〈0.001) in groups 2 and 3 and after the cholesterol-free recovery diet in group 3 (p〈0.001), and was directly related to intimal-plus-medial thickness (r=0.84;p〈0.001). The data indicate that short-term high dietary cholesterol in the early life of rabbits causes long-lasting biochemical and structural arterial wall abnormalities, which might not only explain the observed increase in blood pressure responsiveness to noradrenaline, but could also lead to persistent functional vascular smooth muscle alterations. The result may be a predisposition to increased vascular smooth muscle response to high dietary cholesterol in adult life and development of high blood pressure and atherosclerosis.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1433-0393
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ICSI ; Intrazytoplasmatische Spermieninjektion ; Pränataldiagnostik ; Amniozentese ; Genetische Sonographie ; Follow-up ; Keywords ICSI ; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection ; Prenatal diagnosis ; Amniocentesis ; Genetic sonography ; Follow-up
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Abstract Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is one of the most effective, invasive means of treating infertility. Since couples undergoing ICSI have a higher genetic risk than the general population, these genetic factors have to be taken into account (e.g., structural and numeric chromosomal aberrations or cystic fibrosis mutations). Only a small number of studies have satisfactorily evaluated the risk of de novo chromosomal aberrations in the offspring of such couples following an ICSI treatment. In these studies it was suspected that a higher risk of gonosomal aberrations was already present. This is – most likely – also a consequence of the underlying genetic risk in these couples. However, generally advising these women to submit to an invasive prenatal diagnostic procedure does not to be the correct conclusion from these data. Instead, pregnant women should be counseled about the possibilities as well as limitations of invasive and noninvasive prenatal diagnostic procedures. Counseling should be conducted on an individual basis. A noninvasive approach of prenatal diagnosis includes nuchal translucency screening towards the end of the first trimester as well as a detailed ultrasound examination in the second trimester. After critical analysis of all available data on pregnancies and births following ICSI, there does not seem to be any cause to counsel the couples about a higher rate of maior malformations in their offspring as a consequence of ICSI. Furthermore, the development of these children in the first 2 years of life is – insofar as has been evaluated – normal in comparison to the general population. However, further studies should be conducted in the future, to collect more data, which should help in counseling the prospective parents.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Die intrazytoplasmatische Spermieninjektion (ICSI) stellt ein Maximum der Sterilitätsbehandlung dar. Aufgrund der Ursachen der männlichen Subfertilität, für die diese Behandlung primär eingesetzt wird, müssen diverse genetische Risiken bedacht werden, die die behandelten Paare in einem erheblich höheren Maße tragen als die Allgemeinbevölkerung. Dazu gehören neben strukturellen und numerischen chromosomalen Aberrationen z. B. eine erhöhte Inzidenz an Mukoviszidosemutationen. Eine Stammbaumanalyse zur differenzierten genetischen Beratung dieser Paare ist für die Einschätzung des individuellen Risikos notwendig. Wenige Studien besitzen eine ausreichende Qualität, um das Risiko neu auftretender chromosomaler Auffälligkeiten bei den Neugeborenen nach ICSI feststellen zu können. Hier wird der Verdacht auf ein erhöhtes Risiko gonosomaler Aberrationen geäußert. Dies ist vermutlich ebenfalls eine Folge des vorliegenden Hintergrundrisikos der behandelten Paare. Eine generelle invasive Pränataldiagnostik halten wir nicht für sinnvoll. Vielmehr müssen die Schwangeren hinsichtlich invasiver und nichtinvasiver Möglichkeiten zur Abschätzung des Risikos von bedeutsamen genetischen Auffälligkeiten beraten werden. Dies beinhaltet insbesondere auch den Hinweis auf ein Screening zur Bestimmung der Nackendicke [10. bis 14. Schwangerschaftswoche (SSW)] sowie einen detaillierten Ultraschall in der 18. bis 22. SSW. Bei einer kritischen Zusammenschau der vorliegenden Daten gibt es bisher keinen Hinweis auf eine erhöhte Fehlbildungsrate durch ICSI bei der Geburt der so gezeugten Kinder. Auch hinsichtlich der postpartalen Entwicklung bis zum 2. Lebensjahr – weitere Studien liegen noch nicht vor – kann in der Aufklärung auf unauffällige Daten verwiesen werden. In jedem Falle sind weitere Studien wünschenswert, um die Beratung der prospektiven Eltern durch zusätzliche Daten noch besser absichern zu können.
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